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cheapen(verb, take, reduce, destroy, damage)
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contemn(verb, slight, criticize, scorn, mock)
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2
cut to the quick(verb, expression, idiom, push, slight)
2
debase(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, diminish)
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deplore(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, censure)
2
deride(verb, criticize, scorn, condemn, fault)
2
devaluate(verb, take, reduce, diminish, weaken)
2
devalue(verb, diminish, criticize, lower, condemn)
2
discountenance(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, censure)
2
dismiss(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, censure)
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dispraise(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, scorn)
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do a number on(expression, idiom, diminish, criticize, lower)
2
downplay(verb, reduce, diminish, criticize, lower)
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dump on(verb, expression, push, slight, criticize)
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humiliate(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower)
2
impair(verb, reduce, ruin, destroy, damage)
2
injure(verb, reduce, ruin, destroy, slight)
2
insult(verb, push, slight, criticize, scorn)
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