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blacken

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

black·en / ˈblakən/ • v. become or make black or dark, esp. as a result of burning, decay, or bruising: [intr.] he set fire to the paper, watching the end blacken as it burned [as adj.] (blackened) her smile revealed blackened teeth. ∎ [tr.] dye or color (the face or hair) black for camouflage or cosmetic effect: in full combat gear with blackened faces. ∎ [intr.] (of the sky) become dark as night or a storm approaches. ∎ [tr.] fig. damage or destroy (someone's good reputation); defame: she won't thank you for blackening her husband's name.

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blacken

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

blacken •blacken, bracken, slacken •Sri Lankan •Alaskan, Gascon, Madagascan, Nebraskan •Aachen, darken, hearken, kraken, Marcan, Petrarchan •Interlaken •beckon, Deccan, pekan, reckon •Mencken •awaken, bacon, betaken, forsaken, Jamaican, mistaken, partaken, shaken, taken, waken •godforsaken •archdeacon, beacon, Costa Rican, deacon, Dominican, Mohican, Mozambican, Puerto Rican, weaken •quicken, sicken, stricken, thicken, Wiccan •silken •Incan, Lincoln •brisken, Franciscan •barbican • Rubicon • Gallican •Anglican •Helicon, pelican •basilican, Millikan, silicon •publican • pantechnicon • Copernican •African • American • hurricane •lexicon, Mexican •Corsican • Vatican • liken •Brocken, Moroccan •falcon, Lorcan, Majorcan, Minorcan •Balcon, Balkan •gyrfalcon •awoken, bespoken, betoken, broken, foretoken, oaken, outspoken, plain-spoken, ryokan, spoken, token, woken •heartbroken •Lucan, toucan •Saarbrücken • Buchan • Vulcan •drunken, Duncan, shrunken, sunken •Etruscan, molluscan (US molluskan), Tuscan •Ardnamurchan • lochan

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	Fears that Dunblane feud will blacken election fight. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 11/4/1996
	Aide accuses Charles of plot to blacken Diana's name. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 9/24/2000
	I stormed out . . . now they seek to blacken my name.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/23/2004