Thesaurus / weaken
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It has tightened internet censorship and developed a “social credit” system, which punishes behaviors the authorities say weaken social stability.
INSIDE CHINA’S UNEXPECTED QUEST TO PROTECT DATA PRIVACYTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWTwo days after that, they measured whether the drug cleared the weakened viruses that make up the vaccine.
NEW ANTIBODIES IN JUST MONTHSKATIE MCLEANAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe absence of this immune signaling protein causes a severe susceptibility to all forms of mycobacteria, not only the highly virulent strains that cause tuberculosis but even weakened strains like the one in the BCG vaccine.
OUR GENES MAY EXPLAIN SEVERITY OF COVID-19 AND OTHER INFECTIONSMONIQUE BROUILLETTEJULY 27, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThat decision itself turned on whether the city measure sufficiently weakened or reversed the old measure.
POLITICS REPORT: CITY’S BIG RECYCLED WATER PROJECT WINS IN COURTANDREW KEATTSJULY 25, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThis situation could weaken recovery efforts over the long term.
CRISIS LOOMS FOR 50 MILLION PARENTS AS US STATES DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE THE SCHOOL YEARKAREN HOJULY 15, 2020QUARTZWhen the body doesn’t have to pull its own weight, muscles and bones weaken.
WHAT WILL ASTRONAUTS NEED TO SURVIVE THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY TO MARS?MARIA TEMMINGJULY 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWSNone have started clinical trialsResearchers weaken the virus so that it doesn’t cause serious illness but can trigger a strong immune response.
A COVID-19 VACCINE MAY COME SOON. WILL THE BLISTERING PACE BACKFIRE?TINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWSIn the mid-200s, the Plague of Cyprian may have helped to irreversibly weaken the Roman Empire.
HISTORY REVEALS HOW SOCIETIES SURVIVE PLAGUESNANCY SHUTEJUNE 14, 2020SCIENCE NEWSStill, these rocks had already been weakened by years of volcanic activity and earthquakes.
DID RAIN PUT THE KILAUEA VOLCANO’S LAVA-MAKING INTO OVERDRIVE?MEGAN SEVERMAY 15, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThey have weakened the economy but they’ve also fed nationalism.
SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY BIG DATA (EP. 395)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 31, 2019FREAKONOMICSWORDS RELATED TO WEAKEN
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- KOED
- abated
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- KOING
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- benumbing
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- checking
- chloroforming
- consuming
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- destroying
- devitalizing
- dimming
- doping
- drowning
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