stultify

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verb

1. prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence
- nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself
• Derivationally related forms:
stultification
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cause to appear foolish
- He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent
• Derivationally related forms:
stultification
• Hypernyms:
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at,
jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. deprive of strength or efficiency;
make useless or worthless
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
• Syn:
cripple
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something