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Verb: impair  im'pehr
  1. Make worse or less effective
    "His vision was impaired"
     
  2. Make imperfect
    "nothing impaired her beauty";
    - mar, spoil, deflower, vitiate, pollute

Derived forms: impairs, impairing, impaired

Type of: damage

Encyclopedia: Impair