debilitate
to make someone or something weaker or less effective
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S2E6: English vocabulary
Season 2, Episode 6CrimeDramaMystery
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brutalize
to treat someone very cruelly or violently
prognostication
the act of saying what you think will happen in the future
shanked
hit badly, especially in golf, so the ball goes off to the side
medicate
to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine
asphyxiate
to stop someone from breathing, or make breathing very difficult
matriarchal
relating to a society or family in which women have the main power or authority
abet
to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal
bluster
to speak in a loud, angry, or threatening way, often without much real effect
pawnbroker
a person who lends money on items of value that can be kept or sold if the loan is not repaid
crucify
to kill someone by nailing or tying them to a cross
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
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incapacitate
to make someone unable to function normally
frenzied
wild, excited, and hard to control
noncompliance
failure to follow a rule, law, or agreement
doer
a person who takes action and gets things done
supersede
to replace something older, weaker, or less important
arraignment
a court hearing where a person is formally told the criminal charge against them and asked to respond
agitate
to make someone feel worried or upset
justifiable
able to be shown to be reasonable or right
muscling
the use of force or pressure to get something
fining
the act of making someone pay a fine
maim
to injure someone very badly, often permanently
hounding
to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them