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| to remove blame from someone | ||
| to prove that someone is not guilty or is free from blame, after other people blamed them | ||
| to say or write unpleasant things about someone or something, in order to cause other people to have a bad opinion of them "He was ______ by the press as a monster" | ||
| to try to make someone or a group of people seem as if they are completely evil "The Nazis used racist propaganda in an attempt to ______ the Jews" | ||
| to praise (a person for their achievements) | ||
| to state the opinion that a play, a book, a political action, etc. is very bad; criticize severely "The President ______ the Western press for their biased views" | ||
| to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it "she did not ______ to answer the maid's question" | ||
| to feel or express great loathing for | ||
| to criticize severely "All of the students _______ against the new principal" | ||
| to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, or that something is the cause of something else "They _______ the error to the lawyer who was handling her case" | ||
| to persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken "He thought that all women liked children, but she soon _______ him of that idea" | ||
| to remove words or parts from a book, play or film that are considered to be unsuitable or offensive "The version of the play that I saw had been dreadfully _______" | ||
| to talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, to talk to someone in a bullying way "He had a pushy, ______ing manner" | ||
| to burn an injury to stop bleeding and prevent infection | ||
| to bribe or otherwise induce someone to commit an unlawful act "he was accused of trying to ______ witnesses" | ||
| to blow or breath on someone to symbolize spiritual influence | ||
| to bend one or both knees as a sign of respect to God, especially when entering or leaving a Catholic church "People were ______ in front of the altar." | ||
| to express disapproval of | ||
| to avoid someone intentionally or to prevent them from taking part in a group "the nerd was _______ from the popular group" | ||
| to make someone excited, usually with sexually | ||
| to make an unpleasant feeling less intense "The government has tried to ______ the public's fears" | ||
| to complain to someone or about something "I went to the boss to ______ against the new rules" | ||
| to draw conclusions from information that is given "You can't really ______ a trend from such a small sample" | ||
| to combine | ||
| to persuade, attract or interest, sometimes in order to deceive "The salesman ______ him into buying a car he didn't want" | ||
| to reprimand (someone) severely: "he was ______ for not setting a good example" | ||
| to be able to accept an unpleasant idea or watch something unpleasant "She found the violence in the film hard to _______" | ||
| to remove or destroy something completely | ||
| to cut or tear something, especially flesh "The man's face was severely _____ in the accident" | ||
| to conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs "She is an honest, sincere person with no need to ______" | ||
| to feel intense dislike or disgust for "From an early age the brothers have _____ each other" | ||
| to persuade someone in authority to save someone else from punishment or to obtain forgiveness for this person | ||
| to make something less harmful, unpleasant or bad "he wanted to _______ misery in the world" | ||
| to think carefully for a long period about something "She ______ for weeks about whether or not to tell him" | ||
| to inform or someone about something "The President has been ______ of the situation." | ||
| to remove a difficulty; to avoid, prevent "The blinds _______ the need for curtains" | ||
| to offset the effect of something by countering it with equal force | ||
| to argue or elaborate in extreme detail; to attack or assault "The bully ______ the small boy" | ||
| to bruise "His arm was ______ after the accident" | ||
| to force someone to have or experience something they do not want "I try not to ______ my values on the children but it's hard" | ||
| to free someone from guilt, blame or responsibility for something "The priest ______ him of all his sins" | ||
| to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person "The deer was _______ by a spear" | ||
| to be a sign that something bad is likely to happen "The number 13 _______ bad luck" | ||
| to state the truth of something strongly "The lawyer _______ her client's innocence" | ||
| to hold someone in high regard, think highly of | ||
| to be a sign or warning, to predict | ||
| to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or their way of living to your own "No amount of _______ will change their minds" |
