| cripple(verb, decline, reduce, fail, halt) |
| decry(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, abuse) |
| deflate(verb, upset, cut, reduce, smooth) |
| deflower(verb, ruin, corrupt, deterioration, taint) |
| despoil(verb, ruin, harm, impair, blemish) |
| harm(verb, hurt, ruin, damage, kill) |
| mar(verb, decline, hurt, ruin, fail) |
| misdirect |
| prostitute(verb, spoil, corrupt, demean, defile) |
| rot(verb, decline, hurt, ruin, fail) |
| sap(verb, upset, trouble, dull, decline) |
| speak ill of(verb, expression, idiom, disparage, denounce) |
| stretch |
| twist(verb, spoil, corrupt, distort, pervert) |
| worsen(verb, decline, reduce, destroy, fail) |
| asperse(verb, disparage, smear, assail, malign) |
| bring down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, crush) |
| bring low(verb, expression, idiom, crush, confuse) |
| disable(verb, shame, humble, degrade, humiliate) |
| distort(verb, twist, spoil, corrupt, degrade) |