| weaken | | |
| v. | 1. weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| ~ de-energise, de-energize | deprive of energy. |
| ~ break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body.; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ devitalise, devitalize | sap of life or energy.; "The recession devitalized the economy" |
| ~ shake | undermine or cause to waver.; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes" |
| ~ weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ depress | lessen the activity or force of.; "The rising inflation depressed the economy" |
| ~ unbrace | remove a brace or braces from. |
| ~ etiolate | make weak by stunting the growth or development of. |
| ~ cripple, stultify | deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless.; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" |
| ~ dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut | lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture.; "cut bourbon" |
| ~ attenuate, rarefy | weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance). |
| ~ blunt | make less intense.; "blunted emotions" |
| ~ mollify, season, temper | make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate.; "she tempered her criticism" |
| ~ debilitate, enfeeble, drain | make weak.; "Life in the camp drained him" |
| ~ enervate | weaken mentally or morally. |
| ~ dampen | reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves). |
| ~ neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate | make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of.; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts" |
| ~ castrate, emasculate | deprive of strength or vigor.; "The Senate emasculated the law" |
| ~ wash out | deplete of strength or vitality.; "The illness washed her out" |
| v. | 2. weaken | become weaker.; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| ~ attenuate | become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude. |
| ~ disappear, evaporate, melt | become less intense and fade away gradually.; "her resistance melted under his charm"; "her hopes evaporated after years of waiting for her fiance" |
| ~ die down | become progressively weaker.; "the laughter died down" |
| ~ collapse | lose significance, effectiveness, or value.; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" |
| ~ fade, melt | become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly.; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk" |
| ~ subside, lessen | wear off or die down.; "The pain subsided" |
| ~ slur, dim, blur | become vague or indistinct.; "The distinction between the two theories blurred" |
| ~ languish, pine away, waste | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief.; "After her husband died, she just pined away" |
| ~ dull | make less lively or vigorous.; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel" |
| ~ pall | lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to).; "the course palled on her" |
| ~ relax, loose, loosen | become loose or looser or less tight.; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" |
| ~ slacken | become looser or slack.; "the rope slackened" |
| ~ slacken, slow up, slow, slow down, slack | become slow or slower.; "Production slowed" |
| ~ wilt | lose strength.; "My opponent was wilting" |
| v. | 3. counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken | destroy property or hinder normal operations.; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" |
| ~ derail | cause to run off the tracks.; "they had planned to derail the trains that carried atomic waste" |
| ~ disobey | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient.; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" |
| v. | 4. de-escalate, step down, weaken | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.; "de-escalate a crisis" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
| v. | 5. break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken | lessen in force or effect.; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" |
| ~ blunt, deaden | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
| ~ deafen | make soundproof.; "deafen a room" |
| ~ deaden, damp, dampen | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.; "muffle the message" |
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