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Verb
S:
(v)
weaken
(lessen the strength of)
"The fever weakened his body"
S:
(v)
weaken
(become weaker)
"The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
S:
(v)
sabotage
,
undermine
,
countermine
,
counteract
,
subvert
,
weaken
(destroy property or hinder normal operations)
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
sabotage
[Related to:
sabotage
] (a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged)
sentence frame
S:
(v)
de-escalate
,
weaken
,
step down
(reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of)
"de-escalate a crisis"
S:
(v)
dampen
,
damp
,
soften
,
weaken
,
break
(lessen in force or effect)
"soften a shock"; "break a fall"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
diminished
,
lessened
,
vitiated
,
weakened
(impaired by diminution)
S:
(adj)
weakened
(made weak or weaker)
similar to
antonym
W:
(adj)
strong
[Indirect via
weak
] (having strength or power greater than average or expected)
"a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
S:
(adj)
attenuate
,
attenuated
,
faded
,
weakened
(reduced in strength)
"the faded tones of an old recording"
S:
(adj)
cut
,
thinned
,
weakened
(mixed with water)
"sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
S:
(adj)
hurt
,
weakened
(damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value)