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undermine
Synonyms and Antonyms of undermine
- She tried to undermine my authority by complaining about me to my boss.
- The events of the past year have undermined people's confidence in the government.
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken
blemish, bloody, break, compromise, crab, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
Synonym Discussion of undermine
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- a disease that weakens the body's defenses
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- enfeebled by starvation
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- the debilitating effects of surgery
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- a poor diet undermines your health
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- drugs had sapped his ability to think
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- crippled by arthritis
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- disabled by an injury sustained at work
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