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Main Entry:	best
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defeat; gain advantage
Synonyms:	beat, beat up, better, blank, blast, bulldoze, clobber, conquer, cream, deck, drub, exceed, excel, floor, knock off, lambaste, lick, master, outclass, outdo, outshine, outstrip, overcome, prevail, put away, shut down, surpass, take down, tan, thrash, top, total, transcend, trash, triumph, trounce, wallop, waste, wax, whip, wipe, wipe out, zap, KO, flax, get the better of, let have it, shoot down*, take care of, triumph over, whomp, whop, wipe the floor with
Antonyms:	lose, relent, surrender, give up

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Main Entry:	damaged
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	broken, not working
Synonyms:	bent, down, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, injured, kaput, on the blink, on the fritz, run-down, shot, spoiled, unsound, beat-up, blemished, busted, dinged, flawed, flubbed, fouled up, glitched, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens, loused up, marred, messed up, mucked up, no go, out of action, out of kilter, out of whack, screwed up, snafued, sunk, totaled
Antonyms:	fixed, mended, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working, ok

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Main Entry:	dilapidated
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	falling apart; in ruins
Synonyms:	broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, faded, impaired, injured, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty, raunchy, rickety, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, tacky, threadbare, unimproved, unkempt, worn-out, battered, beat-up, dog-eared, fallen-in, in a bad way, marred, rinky-dink, slummy, tumble-down, uncared for, used-up
Antonyms:	rebuilt, in good repair

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Main Entry:	disheveled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	wrinkled, unkempt in appearance
Synonyms:	beat up, bedraggled, dirty, disordered, frowzy, grubby*, messy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, untidy, bagged out, blowzy, disarranged, disarrayed, messed up, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, unzipped
Antonyms:	neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled

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Main Entry:	maul
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mangle, abuse
Synonyms:	bang, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bludgeon, buffet, claw, clean, drub, flagellate, flail, hit, hurt, knock about, lacerate, lash, maltreat, molest, mug, muscle, paste, paw, pelt, pound, pummel, rough up, skin, thrash, trample, wax, whip, break face, handle roughly, ill-treat, knock around, lean on, let have it, put in the hospital, take care of, work over
Antonyms:	guard, maintain, protect, take care

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Main Entry:	punish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	penalize for wrongdoing
Synonyms:	abuse, batter, beat, beat up, blacklist, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, cuff, debar, discipline, dismiss, do in, execute, exile, expel, fine, flog, harm, hurt, immure, incarcerate, injure, knock about, lash, lecture, maltreat, misuse, oppress, paddle, reprove, rough up, scourge, sentence, spank, switch, train, whip, attend to, crack down on, defrock, give a going over, give the works, rap knuckles, slap wrist, teach a lesson, throw the book at
Antonyms:	award, exonerate, praise, protect, reward, let go

Main Entry:	rough up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	handle harshly
Synonyms:	abuse, bash, batter, beat up, hit, knock about, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, roughhouse, thrash, knock around, roughen, slap around
Antonyms:	aid, help, protect

Main Entry:	run-down
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	shabby, in bad shape
Synonyms:	abandoned, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy, neglected, old, peaked, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, under the weather, unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out, beat-up, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, in a bad way, out of condition, tumble-down, uncared-for, untended, used up
Antonyms:	fresh, good, healthy, ok

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Main Entry:	seedy
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	run-down, dilapidated
Synonyms:	ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy, decaying, decrepit, dingy, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, grubby, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, worn, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, flagging, gone to seed, in a bad way, sagging, used up, wilted, wilting
Antonyms:	luxurious, nice, posh

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Main Entry:	thrash
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	flail about; beat
Synonyms:	batter, beat up, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, bury, cane, chasten, chastise, clobber, crush, defeat, flagellate, flog, jerk, kill, lambaste, lick, maul, murder, overwhelm, paste, pelt, pitch, pound, pummel, punish, rout, rush, scourge, seesaw, slaughter, spank, stir, strike, surge, tan, tan one's hide, thresh, toss, toss and turn, trash, trim, trounce, wallop, wax, whip, work over, writhe
Notes:	trash means to beat, defeat, or move violently; thresh means to separate seeds of grain from husks by beating
Antonyms:	be still

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Main Entry:	tousled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	disarrayed
Synonyms:	dirty, disheveled, disordered, grubby*, messy, sloppy, tangled, unkempt, beat-up, disarranged, messed-up, mussed-up, ruffled, rumpled, uncombed
Antonyms:	neat, ordered, kempt

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Main Entry:	abuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	physically hurt or injure
Synonyms:	beat up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total, victimize, violate, wax*, bang up, bung up, ill-treat
Antonyms:	cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect

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Main Entry:	knock
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	push over; strike
Synonyms:	abuse, bash, batter, beat, beat up, bob, bruise, buffet, clap, clout, cuff, damage, deck, drub, fell, flatten, floor, hit, hurt, level, maltreat, manhandle, maul, mistreat, pound, punch, rap, roughhouse, slap, smack, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, total, wallop, whack*, wound, KO

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Main Entry:	lay up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hurt, incapacitate
Synonyms:	beat up, confine, disable, harm, injure, hospitalize
Antonyms:	heal, help

Main Entry:	threadbare
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	worn, frayed
Synonyms:	beat up, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, faded, frowzy, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, worn-out, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, used-up, worse for wear
Antonyms:	fresh, new, unused

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