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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
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Example Sentences
The most dangerous attacks are those that undermine your perceived strength.
The ACLU and its allies are trying to undermine the holiday with lawsuits and annoying billboards.
One lefty tweeter even complained that an invasion of icky American tourists would undermine “family values” in Cuba.
We “undermine” our nature every time we use glasses or medicine, after all.
His detractors tried to undermine his standing with Reagan, but he had support from an unlikely source—hard-line conservatives.
The influence of the Jews had helped also to undermine heathenism and thus to prepare the ground for Christianity.
While an attempt is made to undermine his claim to wisdom, it will incidentally appear that wisdom was ascribed to him.
You remember it, Dean, I thought him a villain when I learned how he was trying to undermine you.
With cynical cruelty, he set himself to insult, to undermine, to mutilate it.
Mr J. (still seeking, as I could see, to undermine me in his friend's favour).
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On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to undermine, such as: erode, frustrate, hurt, impair, ruin, and sabotage.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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