💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Weakens"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| sabotageverb | To 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. |
| erodesverb | To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction. |
| faltersverb | To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off. |
| hampersverb | To 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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