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Weakens

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de-escalateverb(ambitransitive) To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
softenverb(transitive) To make something soft or softer.
subvertverb(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
undermineverb(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
breakverb(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
sabotageverbTo deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
step downverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To resign or retire from an office or position of authority.
counteractverb(transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something.
dampenverb(transitive) To make damp or moist; to make moderately wet.
dampverb(transitive) To suppress vibrations (mechanical) or oscillations (electrical) by converting energy to heat (or some other form of energy).
countermineverb(transitive, intransitive) to sap hostile mining.
declinesverb(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
decreasesverb(intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
dilutesverb(transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
diminishesverb(transitive) To make smaller.
erodesverbTo wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
faltersverbTo waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
hampersverbTo impede in motion or progress.
impairsverb(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
impoverishesverb(transitive) To make poor.

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