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mess up(verb, phrasal verb, hurt, ruin)
3
tone down(verb, phrasal verb, dull, dim)
3
wash out(verb, phrasal verb, dull, dim)
2
black eye(noun, mark, respect, slight)
2
muck up(verb, hurt, ruin, damage)
1
black mark(spot, stain)
1
bang up(harm, spoil, injure)
1
beauty spot(noun, mark, spot, stain)
1
become colorless(verb, dull, dim, dissolve)
1
blacken name(insult, disparage, belittle, slur)
1
blot on the landscape(noun, idiom, mark, spot)
1
cast a slur on(idiom, insult, disparage, belittle)
1
cast aspersion(criticize, insult, taint, slander)
1
cause injury(harm, spoil, injure)
1
do violence to(verb, idiom, hurt, ruin)
1
drain of color
1
dump on(verb, hurt, ruin, damage)
1
engage in personalities
1
expose to infamy
1
foul up(verb, break, cut, hurt)
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