stultify
verb[T]
formaldisapprovinguk/ˈstʌl.tɪ.faɪ/us/ˈstʌl.tə.faɪ/topreventsomething fromdeveloping, orpreventsomeone fromdevelopingnewideas:
Shefelttherepetitiveexercisesstultified hermusicaltechniqueso shestoppeddoing them.
The new set ofmeasurescould stultify theindustry.
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stultifying
- Hefearedthat thejobwould stultify hiscreativityforever.
- Thementionof hernameappearedto stultify him.
- Theregulationsstultify thefreedomofworkers.
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- make matters worseidiom
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- worse
- worsen
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Preventing and impeding