Synonyms for undermine
ˌʌn dərˈmaɪn or, esp. for 1,2,4 , ˈʌn dərˌmaɪnun·der·mine

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1. undermineverb

   Antonyms:
   undergird

2. undermineverb

   Antonyms:
   undergird

3. undermineverb

   The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.

   Antonyms:
   undergird

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1. undermine

   Synonyms:
   sap, subvert, counteract, baffle, thwart

   Antonyms:
   prop, support, countenance, promote, aid, corroborate

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1. sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weakenverb

   destroy property or hinder normal operations

   "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

   Synonyms:
   countermine, countervail, bring down, vitiate, counterbalance, deprave, debauch, cave, soften, misdirect, overturn, demoralize, counteract, subvert, sabotage, debase, profane, weaken, corrupt, damp, pervert, neutralize, demoralise, countercheck, antagonise, de-escalate, step down, dampen, overthrow, antagonize, break

2. cave, undermineverb

   hollow out as if making a cave or opening

   "The river was caving the banks"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, cave, spelunk, countermine, sabotage, weaken, counteract

Matched Categories

1. • Disobey
   • Hollow Out

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1. erode

   Submitted by anonymous on March 8, 2021  

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1. undermineverb

   Synonyms:
   sap, mine

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1. List of paraphrases for "undermine":

   weaken, erode, subvert, jeopardize, impair, jeopardise, damage, harm, undercut, sabotage, endanger, undermining, affect, prejudice, disrupt, compromise, hinder, hamper, destroy, diminish, threaten, infringe, detract, impede

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1. Electronic Frontier Foundation:

   Once this master key is created, governments around the world will surely demand that Apple Inc -LRB- AAPL.O -RRB- undermine the security of their citizens as well.

2. Sherrod Brown:

   Facebook's motto is move fast and break things, they've moved fast and are helping to undermine our democracy. Now they're expecting us to trust them with our paychecks.

3. Benjamin Brafman:

   These issues undermine the fundamental integrity of the judicial process, this case is falling apart because it is a fundamentally bad case and bad cases eventually fall apart even when law enforcement officials try and stack the deck against the accused.

4. Donald Trump.Andrew Janz:

   We feel like Devin Nunes is the one person that is really standing in the way of the( FBI Special Counsel) Robert Mueller investigation, we think people deserve to know what happened to our elections in 2016 and what is happening in 2018. And every day my opponent is out there trying to undermine federal law enforcement, the special prosecutors probe and really working for Trump instead of the American people.

5. Pooja Jhunjhunwala:

   We encourage all claimants to actively reduce tensions by refraining from unilateral actions that undermine regional stability, and taking steps to create space for meaningful diplomatic solutions to emerge.