malign - To speak harmful untruths about someone – to slander or defame, showing illwill.

infiltrate - To secretly enter a place, organization, or group, often for spying or sabotage.

muffle - To make (a sound) quieter : to decrease the noise made by (something)

boggle - For a person to be astonished or overwhelmed when trying to imagine something

implore - To beg someone earnestly or desperately for something.

undermine - To gradually weaken the authority or ability of a person or organization

mutilate - To damage something severely

swivel - Turn around a point or axis or on a swivel

converge - To come together from different directions and meet at a point.

coddle - To treat in an indulgent or overprotective way

snoop - To investigate secretly in an attempt to find out something, especially about someone's private affairs

blast - To explode or destroy something or someone with explosives, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force