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cruel
verb
to spoil something, especially to spoil a person’s chances AUSTRALIA, 1899
Also spelt “crool” in an effort to represent an uneducated pronunciation.- But I kept quiet, I didn’t want to crool meself. — Alexander Buzo, Norm and Ahmed, p. 8, 1969
- If you get too hungry, you’ll cruel the deal. — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 38, 1972
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 26, 1977
- [A]ttacks by Palestinian militants have before cruelled the Israeli Labour Party’s political hopes against Likud[.] — ABC Local Radio (Australia), 6 January 2003
▶ cruel the pitch
to spoil someone’s chances; to ruin an opportunity AUSTRALIA, 1915- His old man nearly burst a blood vessel and Roddy reckons he’s cruelled his pitch for that 1960 Goddess. — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 42, 1960
- Blimey, it’s cruelled my pitch properly. — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 19, 1962
- [T]he Bre-X fiasco (the salted gold discovery in Indonesia) had, at a single blow, cruelled the pitch for junior explorers several years earlier[.] — The Australian, 17 October 2002
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