| circumvent(cunning, hindrance) |
| counterbalance(verb, cancel, undo, impair, discredit) |
| decay(verb, decline, ruin, fail, blow) |
| dent(verb, reduce, harm, spoil, challenge) |
| dilute(verb, decline, reduce, fail, halt) |
| disconcert(upset, weaken, depress, discourage, hindrance) |
| discourage(verb, upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) |
| dishearten(verb, upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) |
| eat away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, blow, challenge) |
| get(verb, hurt, ruin, damage, abuse) |
| gnaw(verb, break, hurt, ruin, blow) |
| gouge(verb, turn, produce, clean, discover) |
| hamper(verb, destroy, damage, weaken, disable) |
| hamstring(verb, stop, hurt, ruin, restrain) |
| hinder(verb, information, reduce, destroy, damage) |
| hollow out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, challenge, weaken) |
| lower(verb, upset, drop, decline, reduce) |
| mar(verb, stop, break, cut, decline) |
| moderate(verb, dull, decline, reduce, fail) |
| nonplus(upset, depress, alarm, extinguish, dishearten) |