UNDERMINE


Meaning of UNDERMINE in English

v. 25B6; verb

their integrity is being undermined : SUBVERT, sabotage, threaten, weaken, compromise, diminish, reduce, impair, mar, spoil, ruin, damage, hurt, injure, cripple, sap, shake; informal drag through the mud.

we undermined the building : TUNNEL UNDER, dig under, burrow under, sap.

the damp had so undermined the wall that it collapsed : ERODE, wear away, eat away at.

strengthen, support.

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