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jinx

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jinx
noun
the jinx struck six days later, when fire gutted the building:
curse, spell, hoodoo, malediction, plague, affliction;
the evil eye, black magic, voodoo, bad luck, evil fortune;
Irish cess;
North American hex;
informal the kiss of death;
archaic malison.
verb
some people believe the family is jinxed:
curse, cast a spell on, put the evil eye on, hoodoo, bewitch;
Australian point the bone at;
North American hex;
Australian, informal mozz, put the mozz on;
rare accurse.