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English verb: undermine | |||
| 1. | undermine (social) destroy property or hinder normal operations | ||
| Samples | The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war. | ||
| Synonyms | counteract, countermine, sabotage, subvert, weaken | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disobey | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | derail | ||
| 2. | undermine (contact) hollow out as if making a cave or opening | ||
| Samples | The river was caving the banks. | ||
| Synonyms | cave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | core out, hollow, hollow out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sap | ||
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