1
go
1
hide(verb, upset, crush, confuse, shame)
1
humiliate(verb, upset, reduce, ruin, destroy)
1
impair(verb, reduce, ruin, destroy, damage)
1
impeach(dismiss, overthrow, expel, oust, topple)
1
impoverish(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue)
1
incapacitate(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue)
1
infract
1
injure(verb, reduce, dismiss, destroy, damage)
1
intermit
1
interrupt
1
interrupted
1
kick
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kick out(expression, dismiss, overthrow, expel, oust)
1
kick upstairs
1
knock
1
lay off
1
let go
1
lour
1
make eat dirt(expression, idiom, upset, crush, shame)
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