cause+to+fail

  • 61crossest — krÉ’s n. upright post with a transverse piece upon which people were once put to death; symbol which resembles this structure (symbol of Christianity); hybrid, crossbreed; mix, blend v. go from one side to the other; hybridize, crossbreed; make… …

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  • 62crossing — cross·ing || krÉ’sɪŋ n. intersection; place where a road or railroad tracks can be crossed; crossbreeding, hybridization krÉ’s n. upright post with a transverse piece upon which people were once put to death; symbol which resembles this… …

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  • 63pluck — plÊŒk n. internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage v. pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat …

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  • 64plucked — plÊŒkt adj. brave, courageous plÊŒk n. internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage v. pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat …

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  • 65plucking — plÊŒkɪŋ n. picking, pulling out, detaching plÊŒk n. internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage v. pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat …

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  • 66plucks — plÊŒk n. internal organs of animals (used for food); pulling, tugging; failure; daring, spunk; courage v. pull out feathers (as of a chicken); tear out; cause to fail; deceive, cheat …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 67cook —    1. to kill    Perhaps not from the usual culinary imagery, despite the attractions of derivation from cook your goose, to cause to fail. Possibly from execution by electricity:     Those fucking sketches could cook him if we found the girl.… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 68put the skids under —    wilfully to cause to fail    The imagery is from the way of launching a ship or getting tree trunks to a mill. Once on the skids, the motion cannot be voluntarily arrested …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 69vitiate — v. a. 1. Impair, spoil, deteriorate, debase, deprave, corrupt, pollute, adulterate, injure, contaminate, infect, defile, poison, render defective, make vicious. 2. Make void, destroy, cause to fail of effect …

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  • 70arse — /as / (say ahs) Colloquial (taboo) –noun 1. the rump; bottom; buttocks; posterior. 2. a. the bottom, base or tail end of something. b. the seat of a pair of pants. 3. a. a despised person. b. a fool. 4. impudence: what arse! 5. one s body or …