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fazed, phased
fazed (FAYZ'd) (verb)
The simple past/past participle of "to faze" which is to disturb, disconcert, or to embarrass: Latisha was absolutely fazed at the amount of attention she was getting after her performance.
phased (FAYZ'd) (verb)
Done gradually in steps and according to a plan: The present government has thought about a phased withdrawal of various military bases.

Travis is never fazed when he reads about the changed plans that would have phased in prison reform.

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Word Entries at Get Words: “fazed”
faze (verb), fazes; fazed; fazing
To cause someone to feel afraid, upset, or uncertain: Patricia was told that she would never succeed as a writer if she let criticism faze her.

David’s teacher told his English class that the verb faze had several negative meanings; for example: disconcert, fret, disturb, perturb, worry, upset, etc.

A common error that some people make is to spell faze as "phase" and so everyone should be aware that these terms have completely different meanings!

To upset or to disturb.
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