Object

• pride: The casualty was released from hospital the following day having only sustained bruises and a dented pride.

• can: He's said, ' Is it true that you shouldn't ever buy a dented can?

• confidence: However, a failure to secure a conviction in the criminal court can dent the confidence of a claimant proceeding to an ET hearing.

• wing: Unfortunately Roger couldn't get close enough to get details of the dented wing leading edges.

Converse of object

• put: Council tax would put a serious dent in their weekly shopping bills.

• remove: In order to remove dents they are pressed from behind using metal levers.

• make: A course of therapy may make a major dent in your quality of life for six months or a year.

Adjective modifier

• minor: Body Shop From a minor dent to a full scale repair, we provide the best quality repair in the best facilities.

• slight: Only damage caused by the L-R bumper was to break all rear lights one side and maybe a slight dent.

• serious: Council tax would put a serious dent in their weekly shopping bills.

• tiny: Exellent condition, Plating 99 % , only one tiny dent on the second ' slide.

• huge: R2D2 behind them has a huge dent clearly visible on his dome.

• massive: I doubt we can raise the full £ 60,000 but I do think we can make a massive dent in it.

Modifies a noun

• corn: STAR-DRI® 200 Corn Syrup Solids Global STAR-DRI® 200 is a 20 DE ( dextrose equivalent ) corn syrup solid derived from dent corn.

• removal: Dent Removal in North East Scotland Hey guys, Can anyone recommend a good dent removal company that don't charge through the nose.

• repair: Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006 PDR stands for ' paintless dent repair ' .

Modifying Another Word

• severely: Still - I was there in the ditch, up against a tree, with a severely dented backside.

• badly: Never use a gun with badly dented or pitted barrels.

• barely: Even the drastic recent stock market falls have barely dented the credit superstructure.

• hardly: The day's mishaps have hardly dented the band's morale.