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Meanings of
undermine
in inglês
catalão
subvertir
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To destroy property or hinder normal operations.
weaken
sabotage
counteract
subvert
countermine
catalão
subvertir
catalão
soscavar
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Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
cave
catalão
soscavar
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Examples for "
weaken
"
weaken
sabotage
counteract
subvert
countermine
Examples for "
weaken
"
1
Forty per cent said they expect the economy to
weaken
in 2012.
2
Ultimately, yes, we do think it will
weaken
in the longer term.
3
Analysts fear growing credit quickly could
weaken
asset quality and capital buffers.
4
We believe Lumena's aggressive expansion plans could
weaken
its business risk profile.
5
I have asked the police forces and security forces to never
weaken
.
1
James Marape said the prime minister was trying to
sabotage
the vote.
2
The Yemeni government accused the group of trying to
sabotage
the negotiations.
3
No one would be pleased with his
sabotage
;
that was for certain.
4
It was
sabotage
,
said an oil official, who declined to be nahmed.
5
Recruit some Freemen to add to our
sabotage
teams already at work.
1
Religious engagement, however, may
counteract
the damaging effects of early life stress.
2
It is important we
counteract
those words and thoughts with positive ones.
3
So, I suspect that Newton's first law is really to
counteract
Aristotle.
4
It was useless: they could not
counteract
the effects of the poison.
5
And its cultural role was to
counteract
the effects of women's liberation.
1
However, certain viruses can
subvert
the immune response to establish persistent infections.
2
Poet'Most organisations understand that they have to
subvert
their own received reality.
3
Romantic comedies have certain rules they either have to follow or
subvert
.
4
But the National embrace the obvious the more effectively to
subvert
it.
5
Viruses activate inflammasomes but then
subvert
resulting inflammatory responses to avoid elimination.
1
But Boon discovered the attempt, and sunk a trench as a
countermine
.
2
I remember exploding its American
countermine
once, under that grand hero, Napoleon.
3
The scheme was ingenious; but if the Senate could mine, Caesar could
countermine
.
4
After the brass basins were set up, they began to work on the
countermine
.
5
Best to get quite out of reach of a
countermine
.
Usage of
undermine
in inglês
1
I think it will overly focus power, and really
undermine
representative democracy.
2
Both of them
undermine
democracy and the rule of law, she said.
3
Orbán believes Soros has encouraged mass immigration in order to
undermine
Europe.
4
You've got nothing but time to
undermine
the course of natural events.
5
Some experts added, however, that the reports could
undermine
trust between partners.
6
Even if these machines work perfectly, I think they will
undermine
democracy.
7
Such violence threatens to
undermine
U.S.-backed efforts to defeat the militant group.
8
The Brexit vote could
undermine
staffing, research, service reform, devolution and funding.
9
Dr Jackson said the late opening hours would
undermine
the council's goals.
10
That plan expressed a desire not to
undermine
the New Zealand economy.
11
Activists should therefore analyze those pillars of support and systematically
undermine
them.
12
It has the potential to completely
undermine
an already rickety democratic process.
13
However, proposed remedies can
undermine
the financial logic for doing the deals.
14
These tools routinely
undermine
human rights including freedom of expression and assembly.
15
But critics worry that another Uribe term would
undermine
the country's democracy.
16
They fear that granting too much national leeway would
undermine
the law.
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undermine
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
undermine public
undermine efforts
undermine confidence
undermine democracy
undermine the government
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Translations for
undermine
catalão
subvertir
sabotejar
soscavar
Undermine
through the time
Undermine
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