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disempower
verb as in take power or influence away from
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We must inspire and grow the participation of fair-minded voters especially in places where we have seen aggressive tactics to silence and disempower our communities.
There are emotional reactions that empower you and those that disempower you.
This, critics say, is what happens when you disempower the police, remove them from dominion over any and everything in a geographic area.
He and other Republicans are cynically using the rhetoric of disempowerment to stoke a sense of victimization in conservative voters to justify actual efforts to disempower countless others through voter suppression.
He could use the filibusterproof reconciliation process to cut all of its spending, and effectively disempower the legislation.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to disempower, such as: disenfranchise, weaken, deprive, oppress, marginalize, and subjugate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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