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weaken::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | de-escalate, step down |
| Type of | decrease, minify, lessen |
| Derivation | weakener |
weaken::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine |
| Type of | disobey |
| Has types | derail |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | diminish, lessen, decrease, fall |
| Has types | wilt, attenuate, blur, collapse, die down, dim, disappear, dull, evaporate, fade, languish, lessen, loose, loosen, melt, pall, pine away, relax, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slur, subside, waste |
| Derivation | weakening |
The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | modify, change, alter |
| Has types | temper, thin, thin out, unbrace, moderate, mollify, negate, neutralise, neutralize, castrate, nullify, cripple, cut, dampen, de-energise, de-energize, debilitate, break, depress, devitalise, devitalize, wash out, dilute, rarefy, drain, reduce, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, stultify, season, blunt, shake, attenuate |
| Derivation | weakener, weakening |
The fever weakened his body.
Examples of weaken
weaken
Callow said he expects the currency to weaken to 1,280 by the end of this month.
From the bloomberg.com
One painting, alongside another, can strengthen or fatally weaken its neighbour.
From the guardian.co.uk
They can encourage insect damage, weaken the foundation or create a fire hazard.
From the freep.com
Such exercises make us less safe, weaken our economy, and waste everyone's time.
From the washingtontimes.com
Increased vertical wind shear on 15 September caused Isabel to gradually weaken.
From the al.com
By forcing them to run on their own, we severely weaken the field of candidates.
From the thestate.com
She disagreed with the council's attempt to weaken the city's anti-nepotism law.
From the kentucky.com
The dollar also continued to weaken, losing ground against the euro and the yen.
From the economist.com
Mr Cowley has also been targeting certain government bonds he expects to weaken.
From the independent.co.uk
- Lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
- Become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
- Sabotage: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- De-escalate: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
- Dampen: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
- (weakened) diminished: impaired by diminution
- (weakened) attenuate: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
- (weakened) cut: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
- (weakened) hurt: damaged inanimate objects or their value
