6
corrode(verb, ruin, destroy, corrupt, eat)
6
disease(noun, evil, growth, stain, corruption)
6
pervert(verb, help, reduce, ruin, destroy)
6
stain(verb, help, ruin, clean, corrupt)
5
abscess(noun, disease, wound, eruption, boil)
5
blister(noun, evil, irritate, aggravate, swelling)
5
bruise(noun, wound)
5
cold sore(noun, expression, idiom, disease, ulcer)
5
corruption(noun, evil, disease, stain, deterioration)
5
envenom(verb, help, ruin, corrupt, deterioration)
5
infect(verb, help, deterioration)
5
pollute(verb, ruin, corrupt, deterioration, blight)
5
scourge(noun, verb, evil, pain, corrupt)
5
taint(noun, deterioration)
5
virus(noun, help, disorder, illness, sickness)
4
animalize(verb, help, ruin, clean, corrupt)
4
bestialize(verb, help, ruin, clean, corrupt)
4
carbuncle(noun, disease, wound, eruption, boil)
4
contaminate(verb, deterioration)
4
cut(noun, wound)
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