What is the meaning of undermine?

Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
- usage: "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- synonyms: sabotage, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.
- usage: "The river was caving the banks"
- synonyms: cave

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