Make imperfect
English: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
Bahasa: merusak, mengacaukan, mencelakakan, memburukkan
mencemarkanBahasa Indonesia
besmirch, contaminate, desecrate, smirch, spoil
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#21,790 of the corpus · 1.8 per million words · 7,813 occurrences
From cemar (meN-…-kan) · rare, #41,630
Verb
Make impure
English: pollute, foul, contaminate
Bahasa: infeksi, mengotori, mencemari, menodai, menulari, mengotorkan
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Charge falsely or with malicious intent, attack the good name and reputation of someone
English: defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
Bahasa: fitnah, mencemari, menodai, mengumpat, memfitnah, mencoreng, mengoles, menconteng
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8 more verb senses
Remove the consecration from a person or an object
English: desecrate, unhallow, deconsecrate
Bahasa: mencemari, menajiskan
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Smear so as to make dirty or stained
English: smirch, besmirch
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Violate the sacred character of a place or language
English: desecrate, profane, outrage, violate
Bahasa: melanggar, mencemari, menajiskan, mencabuli, mengacah, merandungkan
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Contaminate with a disease or microorganism
English: infect, taint
Bahasa: infeksi, mengotori, mencemari, menodai, menulari, mengotorkan, jangkit
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Make radioactive by adding radioactive material
English: contaminate
Bahasa: mengotori
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Speak disparagingly of, e.g., make a racial slur
English: slur
Bahasa: menghina, tercemar, mencaci, mengata
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Alter from the original
English: corrupt, spoil
Bahasa: mengacaukan
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Cause damage or affect negatively
English: hurt, injure
Bahasa: menyakiti, melukai, mencederai, mencacati, membencanai, membencanakan
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Adjective
Mixed with impurities
English: adulterate, adulterated, debased
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