possible profanity
5
rumple(verb, upset, disturb, crush, involve)
5
shuffle(verb, disorder, disturb, informal, confuse)
4
abuse(verb, trouble, hurt, ruin, damage)
4
bugger
4
butcher(verb, hurt, fail, blow, blunder)
4
complicate(verb, upset, trouble, disorder, obscure)
4
confound(verb, upset, trouble, disorder, disturb)
4
defile(verb, hurt, ruin, destroy, damage)
4
discompose(verb, upset, trouble, disorder, disturb)
4
dishevel(verb, upset, disorder, disturb, ruin)
4
muss(verb, disorder, disturb, dirty, foul)
4
obfuscate
4
pollute(verb, disorder, ruin, abuse, harm)
4
snarl up(verb, expression, involve, confound, muddle)
3
befoul(verb, disorder, ruin, abuse, spoil)
3
harm(verb, trouble, hurt, ruin, damage)
3
jeff(verb, ruin, destroy, damage, total)
3
miscalculate(verb, blow, informal, mistake, blunder)
3
mix(verb, disorder, shuffle, jumble, tangle)
3
muck(disorder, dirty, foul, jumble, tangle)
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