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To severely harm or break something significantly

  • ruin
  • wreck
  • devastate
  • demolish
  • spoil
  • smash
  • torpedo
  • waste
  • ravage
  • total

To completely stop or terminate something

  • shatter
  • scupper
  • scotch
  • crush
  • blight
  • dash
  • undo
  • banjax
  • upset
  • cruel

To seriously harm the state or health of something

  • blemish
  • blight
  • disfigure
  • mar
  • ruin
  • spoil
  • wreck
  • damage
  • deface
  • devastate

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