verb
- Lessen the strength of.
- usage: "The fever weakened his body"
- synonyms: weaken
- Become weaker.
- usage: "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
- synonyms: weaken
- Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
- usage: "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
- synonyms: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
- Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.
- usage: "de-escalate a crisis"
- synonyms: de-escalate, weaken, step down
- Lessen in force or effect.
- usage: "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
adjective
- Impaired by diminution.
- synonyms: diminished, lessened, vitiated
- Made weak or weaker.
- Reduced in strength.
- usage: "the faded tones of an old recording"
- synonyms: attenuate, attenuated, faded
- Mixed with water.
- usage: "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
- Damaged inanimate objects or their value.
- synonyms: hurt
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