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Weaken
weaken
(weakens, weakening, weakened) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you weaken something or if it weakens, it becomes less strong or less powerful. The recession has weakened so many firms that many can no longer survive... Family structures are weakening and breaking up. ? strengthen VERB: V n, V 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. Jennie weakened, and finally relented... The verdict hasn’t weakened his resolve to fight the charges against him. VERB: V, V n 3. If something weakens you, it causes you to lose some of your physical strength. Malnutrition obviously weakens the patient. VERB: V n 4. If something weakens an object, it does something to it which causes it to become less firm and more likely to break. A bomb blast had weakened an area of brick on the back wall... VERB: V n
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verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1530 transitive verb 1. to make weak ; lessen the strength of 2. to reduce in intensity or effectiveness intransitive verb to become weak • ~er noun Synonyms: ~, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. ~ may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power a disease that ~s the body's defenses . enfeeble implies an obvious and pitiable condition of weakness and helplessness enfeebled by starvation. debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality the debilitating effects of surgery. undermine and sap suggest a ~ing by something working surreptitiously and insidiously a poor diet undermines your health drugs had sapped his ability to think. cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element crippled by arthritis. disable suggests a usually sudden crippling or enfeebling disabled soldiers received an immediate discharge. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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гл. 1) ослабнуть, ослаблять 2) понизиться (о ценах, курсах) Syn: fall, decline, decrease, go down, drop, become weak, recede, sink, sag, ease ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. ослаблять; снижать эффективность to weaken a blow —- ослабить (амортизировать) удар he has been weakened by illness —- он изнурен болезнью to weaken wine with water —- разбавлять вино водой 2. слабеть, ослабевать 3. разг. поддаваться (убеждению и т. п.); утрачивать решимость; сдаваться (на уговоры, просьбы и т. п.); колебаться; не выдерживать (характера) 4. бирж. понизиться (о ценах, курсах) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) ослаблять 2) слабеть 3) поддаваться, сдаваться Syn: deplete, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, spend Ant: energize, invigorate, replenish, revitalize, strengthen, vitalize ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 »MAKE LESS POWERFUL« to make someone or something less powerful or less important, or to become less powerful (Russia's influence on African affairs has weakened.) 2 »PHYSICALLY« T often passive) to make someone lose their physical strength, or to become physically weak (Julia was weakened by her long illness.) 3 »BUILDING/OBJECT« to become less strong and less able to support a lot of weight (The explosion severely weakened the foundations of the house.) 4 weaken sb's determination/resolve to make someone less determined (The opposition she encountered did nothing to weaken her resolve.) 5 »BECOME LESS CERTAIN« to become less determined, especially so that you change your opinion and accept someone else's (I think Mum's weakening about us going to that party.) 6 »MONEY« if a particular country's money or a company's share2 (5) prices weaken or are weakened, their value is reduced. ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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