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Mess Up (Verb)

Make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The speedboat began to mess up the calm lake water, creating ripples everywhere.
The kid's stone messed up the stillness of the peaceful pond.
A stray branch messed up the smooth surface of the otherwise mirror-like river.
The sudden strong gust of wind started to mess up the tranquil sea.
The stones that people threw into the lake began to mess up the water's serene surface.

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement".