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Another word for alter

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alter

v.

To change for a purpose
modify, adjust, remodel, reconstruct; see change 1.
To castrate or spay
castrate, spay, neuter, desex, geld, sterilize, asexualize, emasculate, caponize, mutilate, fix*.
To become different
change, develop, decay; see change 4. See syn. study at change.

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Another word for alter

verb

To make or become different:
change, modify, mutate, turn, vary. See change
To render incapable of reproducing sexually:
castrate, fix, geld, neuter, spay, sterilize, unsex. See reproduction, rich

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During all this time little was done to alter the condition of the natives.
It's a tiny secret, one that may not alter much of anything.
He pronounced the words that would forever alter her life.
They had slaves, but so few as not to alter the social conditions.
Could you have foreseen that the advent of a technology called "air conditioning" in homes would alter the social fabric of the nation?

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