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To spoil something so that it can’t be used: “You’ve ________ my new hat.” [Asked in early Questionnaires only]

RUINED 60
RUINT 12
SPOILED 11
SPOILT 4
CRUSHED 2
MASHED 2
SMASHED 2
DESTROYED 1
MESSED 1
PUT IT IN THE BARN 1
ROONT 1
SOILED 1
SPOIL 1
SQUUSHED 1

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