weaken
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(verb) become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
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Related Words: attenuate, blur, collapse, die down, dim, dull, fade, fade out, languish, lessen, loosen, pall, pine away, relax, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slur, subside, waste, wilt |
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Antonyms: strengthen |
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(verb) lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" |
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Related Words: alter, attenuate, blunt, break, change, cripple, cut, dampen, de-energize, debilitate, depress, devitalise, devitalize, dilute, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, neutralize, nullify, rarefy, reduce, season, shake, temper, thin, thin out, unbrace, wash out |
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Antonyms: strengthen |
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(verb) reduce the level or intensity of; "de-escalate a crisis" |
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Synonyms: de-escalate, step down |
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Related Words: decrease, lessen, minify |
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(verb) lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" |
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Synonyms: break, damp, dampen, soften |
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Related Words: blunt, deaden, deafen |
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(verb) destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" |
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Synonyms: counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
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Related Words: derail, disobey |
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