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verb
- 1. make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength: "fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of WEAKEN is to make weak : lessen the strength of. How to use weaken in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Weaken.
to become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.: A series of scandals weakened investor confidence. The plan has divided the country and weakened the government. They will reduce interest rates if the economy weakens.
verb (used without object) to become weak or weaker. Synonyms: sap, undermine, enervate, debilitate, enfeeble, invalidate, minimize, impair, reduce, lower, diminish, lessen, deplete, exhaust. Antonyms: strengthen. weaken.
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.
to become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.: A series of scandals weakened investor confidence. The plan has divided the country and weakened the government. They will reduce interest rates if the economy weakens.
verb. 1. reduce, undermine, moderate, diminish, temper, impair, lessen, sap, mitigate, invalidate, soften up, take the edge off, disempower Her opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened. reduce increase, improve, boost, strengthen, enhance, revitalize.
weaken. verb. /ˈwikən/. Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] weaken (somebody/something) to make someone or 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.
[intransitive, transitive] (of a country's currency or economy) to become less strong; to make a currency or economy less strong. weaken (against something) The dollar has weakened against the euro. weaken something measures that could weaken the economy. opposite strengthen.
Definitions of 'weaken' 1. If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. [...] 2. If your resolve weakens or if something weakens it, you become less determined or less certain about taking a particular course of action that you had previously decided to take. [...] 3.
How to use . weaken in a sentenceDemocrats split over moves to weaken Wall Street reforms, and Republicans pouted over lost leverage.
