possible profanity
2
desecrate(verb, harm, corrupt, impair, persecute)
2
fail(verb, damage, spoil, blunder, botch)
2
falter
2
foil
2
go down on(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
goof up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, help, correct)
2
grope(verb, root, stumble, botch, rummage)
2
gum up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, help, correct)
2
hash
2
impair(verb, harm, corrupt, persecute, violate)
2
indulge
2
misbehave
2
mismanager(verb, misuse, goof, scrabble, botch)
2
overlook(verb, ruin, spoil, misuse, bungle)
2
persecute(verb, harm, corrupt, impair, violate)
2
pollute(verb, harm, corrupt, impair, persecute)
2
roughhouse(verb, abuse, harm, corrupt, impair)
2
screw
2
shoot a line(expression, idiom)
2
shove along(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
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