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undermined

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Their alternative is to reward two politicians conspiring to groundlessly undermine faith in American democracy.

As he tottered to a waiting SUV, the former mayor was asked whether his stunts are undermining an election that, by all serious accounts, was fair and accurate.

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, environmental protection laws have been severely undermined.

His face stiffened, as if the world should have known that any pain medication would undermine the central project of his time on earth.

Together, both directives in the order effectively rewrite the GAOA and undermine the authority of Congress.

The safety of American personnel at the American consulate in Libya was undermined by a “stand down order.”

Ford, now with the Middle East Institute, says that in some ways the strikes have “undermined the moderates.”

There are any number of examples of nations at war not allowing themselves to be undermined by journalists.

Blood Sport is filled with big conclusions that are undermined by the known facts.

Many factors ultimately undermined the first old agrarian Jeffersonian dream.

It was the abuse of hashish that, undoubtedly, undermined his constitution, formerly so robust and strong.

Meanwhile it was this foolish habit—nothing more—that undermined the inherent firmness of his nature.

Her resentment of that undermined all the fairness of her logic, and even triumphed over the sword of her suspense.

Such mock-modesty would at once have undermined her arguments.

Thus, the sand will be undermined by the waves, and this will cause the block to fall into the sea.

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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to undermined, such as: flawed, broken, debilitated, decayed, defective, and deteriorated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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