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3 letters

MAR
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish"

4 letters

SINK
A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

LURK
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

RUIN
Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

DASH
A quick run

5 letters

WRECK
A ship that has been destroyed at sea

SMASH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

PERIL
A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime"; "there was a danger he would do the wrong thing"

QUEER
Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior"

6 letters

EXPOSE
The exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"

WAYLAY
Wait in hiding to attack

AMBUSH
The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

THWART
A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

BLIGHT
Any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting

SCOTCH
Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

IMPACT
Press or wedge together; pack together

DEFEAT
The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

7 letters

DISABLE
Injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

SCUTTLE
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

DESTROY
Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"

SHATTER
Cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"

TORPEDO
Any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges

8 letters

ENDANGER
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

DEMOLISH
Humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

9 letters

OVERTHROW
The termination of a ruler or institution (especially by force)

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OVERWHELM
Charge someone with too many tasks

DISCOMFIT
Cause to lose one's composure

AMBUSCADE
The act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

BUSHWHACK
Cut one's way through the woods or bush

LIEINWAIT
Wait in hiding to attack

DEVASTATE
Overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

10 letters

COMPROMISE
A middle way between two extremes

COMPROMIZE

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