undermine 音標拼音: ['ʌndɚm
, ɑɪn]
vt . 漸漸破壞,挖掘地基,暗地里破壞
漸漸破壞,挖掘地基,暗地裏破壞
undermine v 1 :
destroy property or hinder normal operations ; "
The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war "
[
synonym : {
sabotage }, {
undermine }, {
countermine }, {
counteract },
{
subvert }, {
weaken }]
2 :
hollow out as if making a cave or opening ; "
The river was caving the banks " [
synonym : {
cave }, {
undermine }]
Undermine \
Un `
der *
mine "\,
v .
t .
1 .
To excavate the earth beneath ,
or the part of ,
especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown ;
to form a mine under ;
to sap ;
as ,
to undermine a wall .
[
1913 Webster ]
A vast rock undermined from one end to the other ,
and a highway running through it . --
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fig .:
To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means ;
to ruin in an underhand way ;
as ,
to undermine reputation ;
to undermine the constitution of the state .
[
1913 Webster ]
He should be warned who are like to undermine him .
--
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "
undermine ":
abate ,
answer ,
answer conclusively ,
argue down ,
attenuate ,
blunt ,
bugger up ,
confound ,
confute ,
contradict ,
controvert ,
cramp ,
cripple ,
crush ,
damage ,
damp ,
dampen ,
dash ,
deaden ,
debilitate ,
defeat ,
demolish ,
deny ,
devitalize ,
disable ,
dismiss ,
dispose of ,
drain ,
dull ,
enervate ,
enfeeble ,
eviscerate ,
exhaust ,
extenuate ,
finish ,
floor ,
foil ,
frustrate ,
gruel ,
harm ,
honeycomb ,
hurt ,
impair ,
lay low ,
mine ,
mitigate ,
nonplus ,
overset ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
overwhelm ,
parry ,
put to silence ,
queer ,
rattle ,
rebut ,
reduce ,
reduce to silence ,
refute ,
ruin ,
sabotage ,
sap ,
sap the foundations ,
settle ,
shake ,
shake up ,
shut up ,
silence ,
smash all opposition ,
soften up ,
spoil ,
squash ,
squelch ,
subvert ,
threaten ,
throw down ,
throw over ,
thwart ,
unbrace ,
undercut ,
unman ,
unnerve ,
unstrengthen ,
unstring ,
upend ,
upset ,
weaken ,
wreck
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UNDERMINE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster UNDERMINE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary