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undermine
verb as in weaken
Strongest matches
erode, frustrate, hurt, impair, ruin, sabotage, sap, subvert, threaten, thwart, torpedo, undercut, weaken, wreck
Strong matches
attenuate, corrode, cripple, debilitate, dig, disable, enfeeble, excavate, foil, mine, sandbag, soften, tunnel, wear
Weak matches
clip one's wings, dig out, eat away, hollow out, knock the bottom out of, poke full of holes, whittle away
Example Sentences
Scrutiny is growing over whether flying thousands of them across the world, and the infrastructure required to host them, is undermining the cause.
To European leaders and many in Romania it looked like Russia was trying to weaken Europe and undermine its liberal values.
Democrats maintain, however, that the cases in Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama have the potential to undermine section two of the VRA.
Sapo said on Tuesday that Russia's intelligence activities were primarily aimed at undermining cohesion between Nato members, counteracting Western support for Ukraine, and circumventing sanctions.
The undermining of Social Security by the Trump administration has already begun.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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