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blacken

 
 
/ˈblækən/ verb

Translation

DARK [I, T] to become black or to make something become black
karartmak, kararmak
Storm clouds blackened the sky.1502
BAD [T] If you blacken someone's name, you say bad things about them.
karalamak, leke sürmek, kötülemek
1024
(Definition of blacken verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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