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dent

2 verb
     
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1 [intransitive and transitive] if you dent something, or if it dents, you hit or press it so that its surface is bent inwards:
No one was injured, but the car was scratched and dented.
2 [transitive] to damage or harm something:
The scandal has dented his reputation.
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