| burn out(verb, expression, worry, fail, strain) |
| bush(verb, worry, fail, strain, annoy) |
| cause instability(verb, expression, reduce, ruin, weaken) |
| chasten(snub, humiliate, belittle, disconcert, quash) |
| collapse(verb, fail, strain, annoy, irritate) |
| commence |
| confound(verb, upset, reduce, disturb, ruin) |
| confute(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue) |
| controvert(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue) |
| corrupt |
| crawl(verb, worry, fail, strain, annoy) |
| cry down(verb, expression, dismiss, criticize, scorn) |
| cut down to size(expression, idiom, snub, humiliate, disconcert) |
| dampen spirits(verb, expression, upset, distress, depress) |
| dampen the spirits(expression, idiom) |
| daunts |
| debauch |
| debunk(snub, humiliate, belittle, disconcert, quash) |
| declass(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue) |
| decry(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn, mock) |