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84HGabor Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Mar

Hello!

My question is about the verb: mar.
Do I get it right when I think it can be used to ruin an object, a party, a demonstration, a beauty view of something etc, so it is basically the act that affects something in a negative way, so that it becomes totally useless or it's condition deteriorates?
  

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Mar means more to make something less perfect, but not to destroy it. Her skin was flawless; she had not a single pimple or blemish to mar her face. Polishing with a rough cloth can mar the finish on the furniture.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Mar means more to make something less perfect, but not to destroy it.
  • Her skin was flawless; she had not a single pimple or blemish to mar her face.
  • Polishing with a rough cloth can mar the finish on the furniture.
  • The loud music marred the tranquility of the park that afternoon.
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Mar means more to make something less perfect, but not to destroy it.

Her skin was flawless; she had not a single pimple or blemish to mar her face.
Polishing with a rough cloth can mar the finish on the furniture.
The loud music marred the tranquility of the park that afternoon.
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