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undermine English

Meaning undermine meaning

What does undermine mean?
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undermine Verb

— Someone or something undermines something when they make it difficult for it to happen. When you yell at people, it undermines our attempt to get these people to be friendly with each other. — Someone or something undermines something when they dig under it, maybe making it fall. When it rained, the fast-moving part of the river came too close to the house and undermined one of its walls.

undermine

— verb (= sabotage) destroy property or hinder normal operations The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war — verb (= cave) hollow out as if making a cave or opening The river was caving the banks

Synonyms undermine synonyms

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subvert sabotage weaken sap countermine counteract mine overturn overthrow impair damage wreck shatter ruin hollow out erode disrupt discredit cave wash away upset torpedo tarnish spoil slander shake rock put in disorder pull down overthrown mess up knock down eat into eat away dissuade disparage disgrace diminish dig out destroy denounce defeat defame corrode conspire cause to fall bring down break up blaspheme betray

Topics undermine topics

What do people use undermine to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Do good to Meddle

Spoil
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Dig

Conjugation undermine conjugation

How do you conjugate undermine?

undermine · verb

Examples undermine examples

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Movie subtitles

THE MAN IS TRYING TO UNDERMINE YOU.
Father used to say it'd undermine the whole of society. and turn us into profligates.
We make short work of those who undermine confidence in the Party. Remember that.
By blaming a superior for a weak soldier's suicide, you undermine our finest military traditions.
Please don't undermine my resolve, just when I need it most.
A few dozen or a few hundred like that don't undermine the theory of the Red - no - the People's Army.
It's guys like you who undermine my argument with Noge.
When the wind is right, they float them across. to undermine our morale.
If you work, you'll undermine our solidarity!
Try and undermine my authority, eh?
UNDERMINE FRANCO!
Don't undermine morale.
I figure, why undermine his confidence.
Will you quit trying to undermine my parental authority, old lady?
He's trying to undermine you.
Reference to the father's police record may tend to undermine the child's parental respect.
If they aren't careful, they'll completely undermine the house.
Dear. Why send your children to an expensive school if you undermine the teacher's authority in your dining room?
They use you to undermine the rule of the workers and the peasants!
People, who undermine the party get quickly sentenced.
For the past several weeks. you have, with your usual devotion to detail. managed to undermine what I, as Chief Counsel for the EP. consider the most flourishing railroad in the country.
Undermine?
Yes, undermine.
You undermine our finest traditions.
Please don't undermine my resolve just when I need it most.
We need allies! Allies to undermine and destroy Policy Unit in Rome.
I can tell you one thing, Winifred. I don't propose standing idly by and letting that woman Mary Poppins undermine the discipline.
But I am well aware, Colonel Hogan, there is nothing you and your men would not do to try to undermine my position here, even to have me replaced.
How I undermine dial readers, telling them to fly by the seats of their pants.
I'll not tolerate your attempts to undermine my program for Richard.
He is trying to undermine the balance of the Galactic Council.
You're trying to undermine my rehabilitation.
Your own feet can undermine it.
There's little enough commitment here as it is without a priest to undermine it.
Undermine it?
But allow me to undermine the validity of your evidence regarding paranormal activities.
You think I'd let a little pipsqueak like you undermine society, ruin everything we've got?

News and current affairs

By contrast, those who rule according to a shared belief cannot afford to negotiate, for that would undermine the belief itself.
For starters, the eurozone crisis is worsening, as the euro remains too strong, front-loaded fiscal austerity deepens recession in many member countries, and a credit crunch in the periphery and high oil prices undermine prospects of recovery.
Oxfam also wants the Bank to ensure that these land deals do not undermine either local or national food security.
With larger deficits under Obama than under Romney, America would need more capital from Europe, Latin America, and Asia, while higher taxes and debt would impede US growth and thus undermine these regions' exports.
Both agreed that reform must be slow, cautious and that it must never undermine established institutions, especially religion and the patriarchal family.
Protests against these political arrangements were criticized by the ODS and CSSD as attempts to undermine their efforts to ensure political stability.
If they take their fiscal deficits (and a potential monetization of these deficits) seriously and raise taxes, reduce spending, and mop up excess liquidity, they could undermine the already weak recovery.
In practice, however, governments often face complications that undermine effective implementation of these measures.
Extremists simply have enough power to undermine a process based on trust alone.
Moreover, without growth, the social and political backlash against painful belt-tightening will eventually undermine austerity and reform.
Instead of enhancing European stability, it will undermine it by dividing Europe into the EU's single market and an economic trading area ruled by arbitrary fiat and decree.
Of course, temporary disturbances, a worsening of global payments imbalances, or macroeconomic policy mistakes, including those made in advanced economies and affecting the entire world economy, could undermine global growth.
Indeed, the US and Europe often acted to undermine regional integration, which they believed would limit their roles as power brokers.
Otherwise, the global economy will remain at risk from renewed protectionist pressures and economic or political events that might trigger a disorderly resolution of the imbalances and undermine growth.
With a long-term strategic vision, the EU could overwhelm and ultimately undermine Putin's short-term successes.
Moreover, governments from Alabama to Hungary are passing laws that undermine what should be migrants' rights.
But, ironically, the notion of American exceptionalism often has led the US to undermine the international system that it nurtured.
At worst, however, it creates an image of arrogance that can only undermine the credibility on which central banks' authority rests.
Without domestic structural change, currency appreciation would not only undermine exports, but might also decrease imports, owing to higher unemployment and lower income.
Lending large sums before assessing root causes and determining appropriate policy responses can undermine the IFIs' credibility and reduce the capital available to assist other countries in need.
Any policy that forces countries that opted for fiscal solidity to pay for those with large deficits and high debt levels would strongly undermine public support for the euro zone.
Countries tempted to undermine these principles by failing to fulfill their solemn commitments only demonstrate their own lack of solidarity.
Another issue with the potential to undermine the PD's standing is the party's advocacy of a new wealth tax.
But America's neutrality on sovereignty disputes threatens to undermine its bilateral security alliances (which, by preventing countries like Japan from turning toward militarism, actually serve Chinese interests).
Until the IMF in particular is called to task for its failures everyone risks waking up to financial shocks that undermine living standards in developing countries and threaten global stability.
But they know that an excessively aggressive stance toward the US would undermine their interest in a stable global economy and the safe passage of their goods and energy through international sea and air routes.
In the Guantanamo Bay case, by contrast, the Bush Administration argued that a ruling for the detainees would undermine the war effort by diverting manpower and material from the battlefield to the courtroom.
After all, Iran was quick to recognize that free elections are the safest way to undermine the Middle East's pro-American regimes.

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