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Definition of mar verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

mar

verb

NAmE//mɑr//

mar somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mar

he / she / it mars

past simple marred

-ing form marring

to damage or spoil something good synonym blight, ruin His face was marred by an old knife wound. The elections were marred by violence.

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