blunt


Overview of verb blunt

The verb blunt has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
                                          
1. (1) blunt -- (make less intense; "blunted emotions")
2. numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")
3. dull, blunt -- (make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")
4. blunt -- (make less sharp; "blunt the knives")
5. deaden, blunt -- (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound")

Overview of adj blunt

The adj blunt has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
                                           
1. (1) blunt -- (having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil")
2. (1) blunt -- (used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument")
3. (1) blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder -- (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation")
4. blunt, crude, stark -- (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline")

Grep of noun blunt
blunt-leaf heath
blunt file
blunt trauma
bluntness

Antonyms of verb blunt
                                                                         

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blunt

5 senses of blunt                                                       

Sense 1
blunt
       => weaken
           => change, alter, modify

Sense 2
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
       => desensitize, desensitise
           => change, alter, modify

Sense 3
dull, blunt
       => change, alter, modify

Sense 4
blunt
       => change, alter, modify

Sense 5
deaden, blunt
       => change, alter, modify

Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb blunt

1 of 5 senses of blunt                                                  

Sense 5
deaden, blunt
       => obtund
       => petrify
       => dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blunt

5 senses of blunt                                                       

Sense 1
blunt
       => weaken

Sense 2
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
       => desensitize, desensitise

Sense 3
dull, blunt
       => change, alter, modify

Sense 4
blunt
       => change, alter, modify

Sense 5
deaden, blunt
       => change, alter, modify

'Cause To' of verb blunt
                                                                         

Derived Forms of verb blunt
                                                                         

Domain of verb blunt
                                                                         

Domain Terms of verb blunt
                                                                         

Familiarity of verb blunt

blunt used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)

Sample Sentences of verb blunt

5 senses of blunt                                                       

Sense 1
blunt
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 2
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Somebody ----s somebody
          *> Something ----s somebody

Sense 3
dull, blunt
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 4
blunt
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Sense 5
deaden, blunt
          *> Somebody ----s something
          *> Something ----s something

Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb blunt

5 senses of blunt                                                       

Sense 1
blunt
    > weaken
       => de-energize, de-energise
       => break
       => devitalize, devitalise
       => shake
       => depress
       => unbrace
       => etiolate
       => cripple, stultify
       => dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
       => rarefy, attenuate
       => blunt
       => temper, season, mollify
       => enfeeble, debilitate, drain
       => enervate
       => dampen
       => neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
       => emasculate, castrate
       => wash out

Sense 2
numb, benumb, blunt, dull
    > desensitize, desensitise
       => numb, benumb, blunt, dull
       => stun, bedaze, daze
       => besot, stupefy
       => deafen, deaf

Sense 3
dull, blunt
    > change, alter, modify
       => awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
       => cause to sleep
       => affect
       => refresh, freshen, refreshen
       => inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
       => indispose
       => cry
       => etiolate
       => brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
       => convert
       => opalize, opalise
       => arterialize, arterialise
       => make, get
       => counterchange, transpose, interchange
       => vascularize, vascularise
       => decrepitate
       => suburbanize, suburbanise
       => revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
       => etiolate
       => barbarize, barbarise
       => alkalinize, alkalinise
       => mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
       => allegorize, allegorise
       => demythologize, demythologise
       => bring, land
       => coarsen
       => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
       => alchemize, alchemise
       => alcoholize, alcoholise
       => shape, form
       => round off, round down, round out, round
       => suspend
       => sober
       => reconstruct
       => increase
       => ease up, ease off, let up
       => assimilate
       => dissimilate
       => commute, convert, exchange
       => vitalize, vitalise
       => unclutter, clear
       => activate
       => activate
       => activate, aerate
       => activate
       => inactivate, deactivate
       => deaden, blunt
       => remodel, reconstruct, redo
       => edit, redact
       => edit, cut, edit out
       => tame, chasten, subdue
       => chasten, moderate, temper
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
       => worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
       => wet
       => dry, dry out
       => lubricate
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify
       => spike, lace, fortify
       => weaken
       => blunt
       => oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
       => unite, unify, merge
       => age
       => ripen, mature
       => antique, antiquate
       => antiquate
       => develop, make grow
       => soften
       => damage
       => ossify
       => acerbate
       => stabilize, stabilise
       => destabilize, destabilise
       => sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => habituate, accustom
       => disorder, disarray
       => discolor
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
       => stain
       => hue
       => uglify
       => untune
       => adjust, set, correct
       => set
       => disqualify, unfit, indispose
       => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
       => widen
       => dehydrogenate
       => hydrogenate
       => oxygenize, oxygenise
       => darken
       => brighten, lighten up, lighten
       => blur, blear
       => obscure, bedim, overcloud
       => obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
       => cook
       => slenderize, slenderise
       => crack
       => dissolve, dismiss
       => end, terminate
       => demist, defog
       => condense, concentrate, contract
       => cool, chill, cool down
       => heat, heat up
       => warm
       => boil
       => freeze
       => blister
       => switch, change over, shift
       => transpose
       => convert, change over
       => transform
       => transform
       => transform
       => transmute
       => transform, transmute, transubstantiate
       => ash
       => translate, transform
       => reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
       => convert
       => Islamize, Islamise
       => turn back, invert, reverse
       => invert
       => customize, customise
       => personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
       => depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
       => sharpen
       => flatten, drop
       => disintegrate
       => magnetize, magnetise
       => demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
       => simplify
       => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
       => refine
       => complicate, perplex
       => supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
       => centralize, centralise, concentrate
       => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
       => socialize, socialise
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => internationalize, internationalise
       => communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => bestialize, bestialise
       => Americanize, Americanise
       => Frenchify
       => civilize, civilise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => denationalize, denationalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => even, even out
       => equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
       => stiffen
       => loosen, loose
       => tighten, fasten
       => transitivize, transitivise
       => detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
       => thicken, inspissate
       => full
       => diversify
       => deaden
       => check, retard, delay
       => decrease, lessen, minify
       => liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
       => solvate
       => dissolve
       => validate
       => invalidate, void, vitiate
       => empty
       => fill, fill up, make full
       => saturate
       => clot, coagulate
       => louden
       => normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
       => morph
       => neutralize, neutralise
       => commercialize, commercialise, market
       => purify, purge, sanctify
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => automatize, automatise, automate
       => automatize, automatise
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => harmonize, harmonise, chord
       => polarize, polarise
       => glorify
       => contaminate
       => devalue
       => insulate
       => calcify
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => emulsify
       => demulsify
       => decarboxylate
       => nazify
       => fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
       => clarify
       => embrittle
       => mark
       => barb
       => nick
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate
       => enable
       => de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
       => tender, tenderize, tenderise
       => charge
       => sweeten
       => iodinate
       => ionate
       => archaize, archaise
       => inform
       => officialize, officialise
       => occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
       => orientalize, orientalise
       => acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
       => achromatize, achromatise
       => parallel, collimate
       => camp
       => classicize, classicise
       => conventionalize, conventionalise
       => decimalize, decimalise
       => dizzy
       => poison, envenom
       => exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
       => glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
       => introvert
       => laicize, laicise
       => politicize, politicise
       => radicalize
       => proof
       => romanticize, romanticise
       => rusticate
       => sauce
       => shallow, shoal
       => tense
       => steepen
       => scramble
       => unscramble
       => unsex
       => vitrify
       => pall
       => saponify
       => extend, expand
       => suspend, set aside
       => muddy
       => transform
       => lift, raise, elevate
       => harshen
       => dinge
       => demonize, demonise
       => devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
       => etherealize, etherialise
       => immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
       => animize, animise, animate
       => clear
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
       => volatilize, volatilise
       => uniformize, uniformise
       => symmetrize, symmetrise
       => immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
       => denature
       => denature
       => denature
       => sanitize, sanitise
       => verbify
       => shift
       => sputter
       => draw
       => make
       => dope
       => prostrate
       => excite
       => excite, energize, energise
       => shake
       => outmode
       => spice, spice up
       => shorten
       => think
       => make
       => deflate
       => inflate
       => reflate
       => digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
       => gelatinize, gelatinise
       => recombine
       => feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
       => masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
       => masculinize
       => disharmonize, dissonate
       => sexualize, sexualise
       => schematize, schematise
       => patent
       => constitutionalize, constitutionalise
       => rationalize, rationalise
       => plasticize, plasticise
       => rarefy
       => paganize, paganise
       => incandesce
       => deaminate, deaminize
       => angulate
       => circularize
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => depolarize, depolarise
       => intensify
       => isomerize, isomerise
       => legitimate
       => evaporate, vaporise
       => industrialize, industrialise
       => opacify
       => opsonize
       => militarize, militarise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => recommend
       => sentimentalize, sentimentalise
       => solemnize, solemnise
       => territorialize, territorialise
       => transaminate
       => transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
       => unsanctify
       => vesiculate
       => visualize, visualise
       => variegate
       => ventilate
       => vivify
       => vulgarise, vulgarize
       => supple
       => professionalize, professionalise
       => smut
       => still
       => weaponize
       => eroticize, sex up
       => piggyback
       => confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
       => confuse
       => tone down, moderate, tame
       => obfuscate
       => synchronize, synchronise
       => mince, soften, moderate
       => militarize, militarise
       => break down, crush
       => fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
       => touch, disturb
       => dull
       => dull, blunt
       => sharpen
       => coarsen
       => loosen
       => untie, undo, loosen
       => barb
       => string
       => straighten, straighten out
       => bring
       => mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
       => charge
       => put
       => clean, make clean
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
       => lower, depress
       => deform
       => break, break up
       => alter
       => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
       => humanize, humanise
       => humble
       => estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
       => right
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
       => develop
       => blur
       => blind
       => change intensity
       => change taste
       => capture
       => lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
       => restore, reinstate, reestablish
       => liberalize, liberalise
       => right, compensate, redress, correct
       => democratize, democratise
       => neutralize
       => corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
       => relax, loosen
       => unite, unify
       => flocculate
       => turn
       => make possible
       => cohere

Sense 4
blunt
    > change, alter, modify
       => awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
       => cause to sleep
       => affect
       => refresh, freshen, refreshen
       => inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
       => indispose
       => cry
       => etiolate
       => brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
       => convert
       => opalize, opalise
       => arterialize, arterialise
       => make, get
       => counterchange, transpose, interchange
       => vascularize, vascularise
       => decrepitate
       => suburbanize, suburbanise
       => revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
       => etiolate
       => barbarize, barbarise
       => alkalinize, alkalinise
       => mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
       => allegorize, allegorise
       => demythologize, demythologise
       => bring, land
       => coarsen
       => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
       => alchemize, alchemise
       => alcoholize, alcoholise
       => shape, form
       => round off, round down, round out, round
       => suspend
       => sober
       => reconstruct
       => increase
       => ease up, ease off, let up
       => assimilate
       => dissimilate
       => commute, convert, exchange
       => vitalize, vitalise
       => unclutter, clear
       => activate
       => activate
       => activate, aerate
       => activate
       => inactivate, deactivate
       => deaden, blunt
       => remodel, reconstruct, redo
       => edit, redact
       => edit, cut, edit out
       => tame, chasten, subdue
       => chasten, moderate, temper
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
       => worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
       => wet
       => dry, dry out
       => lubricate
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify
       => spike, lace, fortify
       => weaken
       => blunt
       => oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
       => unite, unify, merge
       => age
       => ripen, mature
       => antique, antiquate
       => antiquate
       => develop, make grow
       => soften
       => damage
       => ossify
       => acerbate
       => stabilize, stabilise
       => destabilize, destabilise
       => sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => habituate, accustom
       => disorder, disarray
       => discolor
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
       => stain
       => hue
       => uglify
       => untune
       => adjust, set, correct
       => set
       => disqualify, unfit, indispose
       => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
       => widen
       => dehydrogenate
       => hydrogenate
       => oxygenize, oxygenise
       => darken
       => brighten, lighten up, lighten
       => blur, blear
       => obscure, bedim, overcloud
       => obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
       => cook
       => slenderize, slenderise
       => crack
       => dissolve, dismiss
       => end, terminate
       => demist, defog
       => condense, concentrate, contract
       => cool, chill, cool down
       => heat, heat up
       => warm
       => boil
       => freeze
       => blister
       => switch, change over, shift
       => transpose
       => convert, change over
       => transform
       => transform
       => transform
       => transmute
       => transform, transmute, transubstantiate
       => ash
       => translate, transform
       => reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
       => convert
       => Islamize, Islamise
       => turn back, invert, reverse
       => invert
       => customize, customise
       => personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
       => depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
       => sharpen
       => flatten, drop
       => disintegrate
       => magnetize, magnetise
       => demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
       => simplify
       => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
       => refine
       => complicate, perplex
       => supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
       => centralize, centralise, concentrate
       => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
       => socialize, socialise
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => internationalize, internationalise
       => communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => bestialize, bestialise
       => Americanize, Americanise
       => Frenchify
       => civilize, civilise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => denationalize, denationalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => even, even out
       => equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
       => stiffen
       => loosen, loose
       => tighten, fasten
       => transitivize, transitivise
       => detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
       => thicken, inspissate
       => full
       => diversify
       => deaden
       => check, retard, delay
       => decrease, lessen, minify
       => liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
       => solvate
       => dissolve
       => validate
       => invalidate, void, vitiate
       => empty
       => fill, fill up, make full
       => saturate
       => clot, coagulate
       => louden
       => normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
       => morph
       => neutralize, neutralise
       => commercialize, commercialise, market
       => purify, purge, sanctify
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => automatize, automatise, automate
       => automatize, automatise
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => harmonize, harmonise, chord
       => polarize, polarise
       => glorify
       => contaminate
       => devalue
       => insulate
       => calcify
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => emulsify
       => demulsify
       => decarboxylate
       => nazify
       => fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
       => clarify
       => embrittle
       => mark
       => barb
       => nick
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate
       => enable
       => de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
       => tender, tenderize, tenderise
       => charge
       => sweeten
       => iodinate
       => ionate
       => archaize, archaise
       => inform
       => officialize, officialise
       => occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
       => orientalize, orientalise
       => acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
       => achromatize, achromatise
       => parallel, collimate
       => camp
       => classicize, classicise
       => conventionalize, conventionalise
       => decimalize, decimalise
       => dizzy
       => poison, envenom
       => exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
       => glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
       => introvert
       => laicize, laicise
       => politicize, politicise
       => radicalize
       => proof
       => romanticize, romanticise
       => rusticate
       => sauce
       => shallow, shoal
       => tense
       => steepen
       => scramble
       => unscramble
       => unsex
       => vitrify
       => pall
       => saponify
       => extend, expand
       => suspend, set aside
       => muddy
       => transform
       => lift, raise, elevate
       => harshen
       => dinge
       => demonize, demonise
       => devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
       => etherealize, etherialise
       => immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
       => animize, animise, animate
       => clear
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => dynamize, dynamise
       => rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
       => volatilize, volatilise
       => uniformize, uniformise
       => symmetrize, symmetrise
       => immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
       => denature
       => denature
       => denature
       => sanitize, sanitise
       => verbify
       => shift
       => sputter
       => draw
       => make
       => dope
       => prostrate
       => excite
       => excite, energize, energise
       => shake
       => outmode
       => spice, spice up
       => shorten
       => think
       => make
       => deflate
       => inflate
       => reflate
       => digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
       => gelatinize, gelatinise
       => recombine
       => feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
       => masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
       => masculinize
       => disharmonize, dissonate
       => sexualize, sexualise
       => schematize, schematise
       => patent
       => constitutionalize, constitutionalise
       => rationalize, rationalise
       => plasticize, plasticise
       => rarefy
       => paganize, paganise
       => incandesce
       => deaminate, deaminize
       => angulate
       => circularize
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => sensitize, sensitise
       => depolarize, depolarise
       => intensify
       => isomerize, isomerise
       => legitimate
       => evaporate, vaporise
       => industrialize, industrialise
       => opacify
       => opsonize
       => militarize, militarise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => recommend
       => sentimentalize, sentimentalise
       => solemnize, solemnise
       => territorialize, territorialise
       => transaminate
       => transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
       => unsanctify
       => vesiculate
       => visualize, visualise
       => variegate
       => ventilate
       => vivify
       => vulgarise, vulgarize
       => supple
       => professionalize, professionalise
       => smut
       => still
       => weaponize
       => eroticize, sex up
       => piggyback
       => confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
       => confuse
       => tone down, moderate, tame
       => obfuscate
       => synchronize, synchronise
       => mince, soften, moderate
       => militarize, militarise
       => break down, crush
       => fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
       => touch, disturb
       => dull
       => dull, blunt
       => sharpen
       => coarsen
       => loosen
       => untie, undo, loosen
       => barb
       => string
       => straighten, straighten out
       => bring
       => mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
       => charge
       => put
       => clean, make clean
       => dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
       => lower, depress
       => deform
       => break, break up
       => alter
       => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
       => humanize, humanise
       => humble
       => estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
       => right
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
       => develop
       => blur
       => blind
       => change intensity
       => change taste
       => capture
       => lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
       => restore, reinstate, reestablish
       => liberalize, liberalise
       => right, compensate, redress, correct
       => democratize, democratise
       => neutralize
       => corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
       => relax, loosen
       => unite, unify
       => flocculate
       => turn
       => make possible
       => cohere

Sense 5
deaden, blunt
    > change, alter, modify
       => awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
       => cause to sleep
       => affect
       => refresh, freshen, refreshen
       => inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
       => indispose
       => cry
       => etiolate
       => brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
       => convert
       => opalize, opalise
       => arterialize, arterialise
       => make, get
       => counterchange, transpose, interchange
       => vascularize, vascularise
       => decrepitate
       => suburbanize, suburbanise
       => revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
       => etiolate
       => barbarize, barbarise
       => alkalinize, alkalinise
       => mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
       => allegorize, allegorise
       => demythologize, demythologise
       => bring, land
       => coarsen
       => affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
       => alchemize, alchemise
       => alcoholize, alcoholise
       => shape, form
       => round off, round down, round out, round
       => suspend
       => sober
       => reconstruct
       => increase
       => ease up, ease off, let up
       => assimilate
       => dissimilate
       => commute, convert, exchange
       => vitalize, vitalise
       => unclutter, clear
       => activate
       => activate
       => activate, aerate
       => activate
       => inactivate, deactivate
       => deaden, blunt
       => remodel, reconstruct, redo
       => edit, redact
       => edit, cut, edit out
       => tame, chasten, subdue
       => chasten, moderate, temper
       => better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
       => worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
       => wet
       => dry, dry out
       => lubricate
       => strengthen, beef up, fortify
       => spike, lace, fortify
       => weaken
       => blunt
       => oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
       => unite, unify, merge
       => age
       => ripen, mature
       => antique, antiquate
       => antiquate
       => develop, make grow
       => soften
       => damage
       => ossify
       => acerbate
       => stabilize, stabilise
       => destabilize, destabilise
       => sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
       => desensitize, desensitise
       => habituate, accustom
       => disorder, disarray
       => discolor
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
       => stain
       => hue
       => uglify
       => untune
       => adjust, set, correct
       => set
       => disqualify, unfit, indispose
       => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
       => widen
       => dehydrogenate
       => hydrogenate
       => oxygenize, oxygenise
       => darken
       => brighten, lighten up, lighten
       => blur, blear
       => obscure, bedim, overcloud
       => obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
       => cook
       => slenderize, slenderise
       => crack
       => dissolve, dismiss
       => end, terminate
       => demist, defog
       => condense, concentrate, contract
       => cool, chill, cool down
       => heat, heat up
       => warm
       => boil
       => freeze
       => blister
       => switch, change over, shift
       => transpose
       => convert, change over
       => transform
       => transform
       => transform
       => transmute
       => transform, transmute, transubstantiate
       => ash
       => translate, transform
       => reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
       => convert
       => Islamize, Islamise
       => turn back, invert, reverse
       => invert
       => customize, customise
       => personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
       => depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
       => sharpen
       => flatten, drop
       => disintegrate
       => magnetize, magnetise
       => demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
       => simplify
       => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
       => refine
       => complicate, perplex
       => supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
       => centralize, centralise, concentrate
       => decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
       => socialize, socialise
       => fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
       => internationalize, internationalise
       => communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => Europeanize, Europeanise
       => bestialize, bestialise
       => Americanize, Americanise
       => Frenchify
       => civilize, civilise
       => nationalize, nationalise
       => denationalize, denationalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => naturalize, naturalise
       => denaturalize, denaturalise
       => even, even out
       => equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
       => stiffen
       => loosen, loose
       => tighten, fasten
       => transitivize, transitivise
       => detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
       => thicken, inspissate
       => full
       => diversify
       => deaden
       => check, retard, delay
       => decrease, lessen, minify
       => liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
       => solvate
       => dissolve
       => validate
       => invalidate, void, vitiate
       => empty
       => fill, fill up, make full
       => saturate
       => clot, coagulate
       => louden
       => normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
       => morph
       => neutralize, neutralise
       => commercialize, commercialise, market
       => purify, purge, sanctify
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => automatize, automatise, automate
       => automatize, automatise
       => mechanize, mechanise
       => harmonize, harmonise, chord
       => polarize, polarise
       => glorify
       => contaminate
       => devalue
       => insulate
       => calcify
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => urbanize, urbanise
       => emulsify
       => demulsify
       => decarboxylate
       => nazify
       => fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
       => clarify
       => embrittle
       => mark
       => barb
       => nick
       => disable, disenable, incapacitate
       => enable
       => de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
       => tender, tenderize, tenderise
       => charge
       => sweeten
       => iodinate
       => ionate
       => archaize, archaise
       => inform
       => officialize, officialise
       => occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
       => orientalize, orientalise
       => acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
       => achromatize, achromatise
       => parallel, collimate