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Appall

/əˈpɔl/
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(verb) To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay.

The news of the accident will appall his family.
I was shocked to appall the audience with such a revelation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The scenes of destruction after the fire were surely to ____ the world.

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