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   weaken

   /ˈwiːk(ə)n/

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   • 1. make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength: "fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks" Similar enfeebledebilitateincapacitatesap one's strengthenervatetireexhaustwear outwithererodediminishdestroyreducedecreasediminishlessenmoderatetempersapdilutewater downthinbluntmitigatedepletesoften (up)abatelessendecreasedwindlediminishease uplet uptrail offwaneebbsubsidepeter outmelt awayfizzle outtaper offtail offgrow dimgrow faintdeclinedeterioratedegenerateshrivelwilttirelanguishfalterimpairunderminecompromiseinvalidaterefuterebutnegatediscreditrelentgive inacquiesceyieldgive wayaccedesuccumbcome roundconsentassentagreesoftenbendease upease offOpposite strengthenincreasebooststrengthenintensifystrengthenbolsterstand firm

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   • 1. weakener noun

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   What happens if something weakens an object?

   • If something weakens an object, it does something to it which causes it to become less firm and more likely to break. A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall. [VERB noun] Never dry underwear over direct heat; it will weaken the fabric. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is a weaken verb?

   • Definition of weaken verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [transitive, intransitive] weaken (somebody/something) to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful The team has been weakened by injury. The new evidence weakens the case against her.

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   What does it mean if something weakens?

   • If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive. [VERB noun] The Prime Minister's opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened. [VERB noun] Family structures are weakening and breaking up. [VERB]

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   What happens if something weakens you?

   • If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength. Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient. [VERB noun] If something weakens an object, it does something to it which causes it to become less firm and more likely to break. A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall. [VERB noun]

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   WEAKEN definition: 1. to (cause to) become less strong, powerful, determined, or effective: 2. to (cause to) become…. Learn more.

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   To weaken is to become less powerful or strong. When a storm weakens, the wind dies down and the torrential rain becomes a light drizzle. If you weaken physically, your strength diminishes: "I did great at the start of the obstacle course, but my arms began to weaken toward the end and I couldn't climb that last wall."

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   verb (used with object) to make weak or weaker. Synonyms: invalidate, minimize, impair, reduce, lower, diminish, lessen, deplete, exhaust, sap, undermine, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble. Antonyms: strengthen. Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative.

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   [transitive, intransitive] weaken (somebody/something) to make somebody/something less strong or powerful; to become less strong or powerful. The team has been weakened by injury. The new evidence weakens the case against her. This new story has severely weakened the President’s position. His authority is steadily weakening. Extra Examples.

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