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weaken1530

To lessen (authority, influence, power, credit), †to lower the value of (something); †to impoverish (an estate).

to shorten the arm or hand of1535

transitive. To make shorter, to diminish the length of, to abridge, curtail. figurative. In Biblical phrase, to shorten the armor hand of: to…

weaken1568

To render weaker in resources, authority, political or military power, or the like.

emasculate1608

transferred and figurative. To deprive of strength and vigour; to weaken, make effeminate and cowardly; to enfeeble, impoverish (language).

to pare the claws of1884

figurative. (Chiefly in in one's claws, etc., implying the notion of seizing, or having in one's possession or power.) to pare the claws of is a…

defang1919

transitive. figurative. To render (a person or thing) harmless or ineffectual; to weaken or disempower.

declaw1940

transitive. figurative. To deprive (a person or thing) of force or power; to render harmless or ineffectual. Cf. defang, v. 2.

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