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mar

verb

1 an ugly scar marred his features:

spoil, ruin, impair;

disfigure, detract from, flaw, blemish, scar, mutilate, deface, deform.

▷antonyms improve, enhance.

2 the celebrations were marred by violence:

spoil, ruin, impair, upset, damage, wreck;

harm, hurt, blight, taint, tarnish, sully, stain, pollute, vitiate;

informal foul up.

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