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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
Others that had agreed to share power in 2023 now say Wilders’s refusal to compromise and his undermining of his own government make him impossible to work with.
Their actions caused "especially huge losses" and undermined "the prestige of the newspaper and its management authority", VNA quoted the indictment as saying.
But it takes just one acceptance to undermine academia for years.
The company’s control over the global market for AI chips has made Huang an international celebrity and target for critics who say he undermines U.S. national security.
But Hungary's argument that it cannot change is undermined by the Czech example.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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