Synonyms for weaken
ˈwi kənweak·en

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1. weaken

   Synonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset

   Antonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, strengthen, substantiate, sustain, uphold

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1. weaken

   Synonyms:
   debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, dilute, impair, paralyze, attenuate, sap

   Antonyms:
   strengthen, invigorate, empower, corroborate, confirm

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1. weakenverb

   lessen the strength of

   "The fever weakened his body"

   Synonyms:
   undermine, step down, de-escalate, soften, countermine, dampen, sabotage, break, subvert, damp, counteract

   Antonyms:
   fortify, strengthen, beef up

2. weakenverb

   become weaker

   "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

   Synonyms:
   undermine, step down, de-escalate, soften, countermine, dampen, sabotage, break, subvert, damp, counteract

   Antonyms:
   strengthen, fortify, beef up

3. 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, corrupt, damp, pervert, neutralize, demoralise, countercheck, antagonise, de-escalate, undermine, step down, dampen, overthrow, antagonize, break

   Antonyms:
   strengthen, beef up, fortify

4. de-escalate, weaken, step downverb

   reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of

   "de-escalate a crisis"

   Synonyms:
   subvert, step down, counteract, soften, resign, countermine, quit, leave office, de-escalate, dampen, break, sabotage, damp, undermine

   Antonyms:
   strengthen, fortify, beef up

5. dampen, damp, soften, weaken, breakverb

   lessen in force or effect

   "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

   Synonyms:
   crack, step down, break away, give way, soften, mince, reveal, give out, unwrap, conk out, part, wash, counteract, collapse, die, transgress, founder, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, cushion, muffle, split, give away, damp, smash, dull, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, pause, divulge, buffer, let on, get around, interrupt, wear out, cave in, deaden, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, subvert, better, burst, go bad, break off, tone down, disclose, bust, erupt, moisten, relent, recrudesce, undermine, stifle, break dance, go against, dampen, fall in, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, kick downstairs, de-escalate, break down, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, mute, expose, break, moderate, discontinue, intermit, countermine, yield, wear, sabotage

   Antonyms:
   strengthen, fortify, beef up

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1. weakenverb

   Synonyms:
   enfeeble, enervate, debilitate, break, unman, effeminate, emolliate, unnerve, make weak

2. weakenverb

   Synonyms:
   invalidate, make of less effect

3. weakenverb

   Synonyms:
   reduce, depress, debase, lower

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1. weakenverb

   Synonyms:
   debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, unnerve, emasculate, incapacitate, sap, undermine, unman, exhaust, deplete, dilute, thin, invalidate, impair, diminish, lower, decline

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1. List of paraphrases for "weaken":

   undermine, dilute, erode, emasculate, diminish, weakens, impair

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1. Sarah Eckhardt:

   I would ask the community — and strongly suggest — that panic will weaken us. So let's do what our mothers taught Sarah Eckhardt : let's cover our sneezes, let's wash our hands, and let's be good neighbors, keep calm and carry on, y' all, and remember what your momma taught ya.

2. Norihiro Fujito:

   The BOJ showed its intent on rising bond yields, which triggered the yen to weaken that was positive for the stock market.

3. Joan Didion:

   Grief is different. Grief has no distance. Grief comes in waves, paroxysms, sudden apprehensions that weaken the knees and blind the eyes and obliterate the dailiness of life.

4. William Jackson at Capital Economics:

   It's a very oil-dependent economy, so it always looked like an adjustment in the currency was needed when oil prices fell. They delayed that adjustment for a long time so it's kind of inevitable that the currency had to weaken.

5. Peter Kinsella:

   It could be that they are realising interventions are futile - there is no point throwing good money after bad - and letting the currency weaken a little bit.