as in to injure
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
already impaired by a crack, the windshield shattered upon impact with the baseball
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Recent Examples of impair
For example, high amounts of vitamin C can increase the risk of kidney stones in some people, and high intakes of biotin can impair thyroid test results.
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Maggie Slepian, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
The exodus of senior talent threatens to impair our defense capabilities and soft power, allowing adversarial regimes to expand their influence.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Our minds are being hijacked by Big Tech, and one of the ironies of our age is that, even as our access to information, entertainment and consumer goods has grown exponentially, our capacity to focus and extend ourselves cognitively has become severely impaired.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
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Maggie Slepian, Glamour, 24 Mar. 2025
The exodus of senior talent threatens to impair our defense capabilities and soft power, allowing adversarial regimes to expand their influence.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
By better understanding how the AAC organizes vocal output in budgerigars, researchers hope to gain new insights into human speech disorders, such as aphasia and Parkinson’s disease, which can impair a person’s ability to produce language.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Our minds are being hijacked by Big Tech, and one of the ironies of our age is that, even as our access to information, entertainment and consumer goods has grown exponentially, our capacity to focus and extend ourselves cognitively has become severely impaired.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impair
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One person was injured and transported to Shock Trauma, fire officials said.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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Two people were killed and five injured in strikes in Kherson overnight, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said Thursday.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2025
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But even though teams and equipment have been flown in from other nations, they are hindered by the airports in those cities being damaged and apparently unfit to land planes.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
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Communication towers and water and electricity utilities were damaged, OCHA said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2025
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The transition has been marred by ongoing disagreements, political tensions, infighting and what security experts describe as a lack of a cohesive strategy for fighting the gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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What Happened On March 8? The SAT, a cornerstone of college admissions, was marred by technical and administrative issues on test day.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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His health weakened by overwork and physical ailments, McCombs spent much of the last months of his life under medical care.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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The doctor added that recovery would best continue away from the hospital, where exposure to viruses risks weakening the Holy Father's condition.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
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About six weeks ago, hackers crippled the computer systems of the TV and mobile phone provider Dish Network.—
Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2023
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Oakland Mills Coach: Chris Brewington Last season: Class 2A state champion Outlook: Losing the talent Oakland Mills did from last year’s outdoor season would cripple most programs, but the Scorpions have reloaded.—
Anthony Maluso,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2023
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For me, nothing hurts worse than missing a dose at the start of a rainy period.—
Elizabeth Medeiros,
Health,
22 Mar. 2025
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Philly Anti-Capitalist also provides tips on using those devices without getting hurt and quickly enough to escape undetected, and directs would-be arsonists to another site for further details on protecting their anonymity.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Democratic legislators would have been furious and Hogan, like Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. before him, believed his Democratic friends were open to compromise.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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Unvaccinated children are most at risk of getting measles, health care company Johns Hopkins Medicine said, as are people who aren’t able to get the measles vaccine or have compromised immune systems.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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Conversely, poor communication quickly erodes credibility, limiting potential growth.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Over time, excessive tilling leads to eroded and diminished topsoil, polluted waterways and ultimately less-vigorous crops and harvests.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Impair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impair. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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