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• v  cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
  The pornographic pictures sickened us
• v  get sick
• v  upset and make nauseated
  The mold on the food sickened the diners
• v  make sick or ill
  This kind of food sickens me

• Parents of these unimmunized kids know that as long as nearly all the other children get their shots, there should not be enough pathogen around to sicken anyone.
• Opposition to pornography, which "would sicken a gynecologist.
• Yet many today share his uneasiness with the way mechanization and materialism sicken the human spirit.

• disgust
• revolt
• nauseate
• churn up
• come down
• turn one's stomach

News & Articles

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• Scientists: NY X-ray weapon 'stuff of comic books'
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The portable X-ray weapon that two upstate New York men are accused of trying to build to secretly sicken Muslims and enemies of Israel isn't feasible, radiation scientists say, calling it "the stuff of comic books."
  June 20, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Judge: NY pair in X-ray plot should stay jailed
  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal magistrate has ruled that two New York men accused of trying to build a portable X-ray weapon to sicken Muslims and enemies of Israel are a threat and should remain jailed.
  June 20, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• 2 NY Men Accused Of Trying To Create X-Ray Weapon To Secretly Sicken Opponents Of Israel
  ALBANY, New York (AP) — Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel.
  June 19, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• David Cameron in BBC News
  Conservative leader David Cameron told party supporters: "It sickens me as it should sicken everybody here that the British National Party has succeeded in these European elections." "It brings shame on us that these fascist, racist thugs...
• Mike Leavitt in Science Daily (press release)
  The report is a crucial warning sign to nonsmokers and smokers alike,HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt said. "Smoking can sicken and kill, and even people who do not smoke can be harmed by smoke from those who do."
• Newt Gingrich in Access North Georgia
  What's really going to sicken the system is if you all go, as you may, you may have a Dec. 15 caucus, which is grotesque,said Gingrich. "None of these people can get sworn in until January of 2009. We are now in the process of limiting our...