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mar Definition


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mar
verb marred, marring
    1. To spoil something.
      Example: The flavour was marred by too much vinegar
      Thesaurus: ruin, spoil, sully, taint, tarnish; Antonym: enhance.
    2. To injure or damage something.
      Example: The landscape was marred by ugly pylons
      Thesaurus: harm, hurt, injure, damage, deform, disfigure, scar.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon merran.



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