| abacinate | (verb) blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes | - |
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| abandon | (verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | Synonyms: desert, desolate, forsake |
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| (verb) stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) leave behind empty; move out of | Synonyms: empty, vacate |
| (verb) forsake, leave behind | - |
| (verb) give up with the intent of never claiming again | Synonyms: give up |
| abase | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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| abash | (verb) cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | Synonyms: embarrass |
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| abate | (verb) become less in amount or intensity | Synonyms: die away, let up, slack, slack off |
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| (verb) make less active or intense | Synonyms: slack, slake |