scorn
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~ look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
scotch
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~ make a small cut or score into
scotch
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~ hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
scour
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~ rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid; "flush the wound with antibiotics"; "purge the old gas tank"
scour
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~ examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
scour
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~ clean with hard rubbing; "She scrubbed his back"
scour
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~ rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"
scourge
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~ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
scourge
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~ whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"
scourge
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~ punish severely; excoriate
scout
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~ explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody