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Verb: dissonate
  1. Be dissonant or harsh
    "The violins in this piece dissonated disturbingly"
     
  2. Cause to sound harsh and unpleasant
    - disharmonize, disharmonise [Brit]

Derived forms: dissonated, dissonates, dissonating

See also: dissonance, dissonant

Type of: alter, change, modify, sound

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