make useless

make useless
index disable, disarm (divest of arms), disqualify, maim, nullify

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  • Useless ID — Origin Haifa, Israel Genres Punk rock Alternative rock Years active 1994–present Labels Falafel (1994 2000) Kung Fu (20 …   Wikipedia

  • Make Some Noise (Beastie Boys song) — Make Some Noise Single by Beastie Boys from the album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two …   Wikipedia

  • make a mockery of — phrase to make someone or something seem stupid or useless Ten year marriage contracts would make a total mockery of marriage vows. Thesaurus: mocking and mockeryhyponym laughter and the sound of laughtersynonym Main entry: mockery * * * m …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a muck of — (informal) 1. To make dirty 2. To bungle, mismanage • • • Main Entry: ↑muck * * * chiefly Brit., informal handle incompetently it’s useless now that they’ve made a muck of it …   Useful english dictionary

  • make a mockery of something — make a ˈmockery of sth idiom to make sth seem ridiculous or useless • The trial made a mockery of justice. Main entry: ↑mockeryidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • render useless — make useless …   English contemporary dictionary

  • useless — adj. 1 of no use VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove ▪ Her efforts to avoid him proved useless. ▪ become ▪ leave sth, make sth …   Collocations dictionary

  • make a mockery of — to make someone or something seem stupid or useless Ten year marriage contracts would make a total mockery of marriage vows …   English dictionary

  • To make good — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make a clean breast — Clean Clean (kl[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Cleaner} (kl[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Cleanest}.] [OE. clene, AS. cl[=ae]ne; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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