vverb.changelessen the strength ofExamples:- The fever weakened his body
Antonyms:strengthen
Derivationally Related Form:weakenerweakening
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:weakenchange
Direct Hyponyms:attenuatebluntbreakcastratecripplecutdampende-energisede-energizedebilitatedepressdevitalisedevitalizedilutedrainemasculateenervateenfeebleetiolatemoderatemollifynegateneutraliseneutralizenullifyrarefyreduceseasonshakestultifytemperthinthin outunbracewash out
Causes:weaken
Full Troponyms:bluntbreakcrippledampende-energizedepressdevitalizediluteemasculateenervateenfeebleetiolateeviscerateneutralizerarefyshaketemperunbracewash outwastewater down
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.changebecome weakerExamples:- The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days
Antonyms:strengthen
Derivationally Related Form:weakening
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:weakendecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:attenuateblurcollapsedie downdimdisappeardullevaporatefadelanguishlessenlooseloosenmeltpallpine awayrelaxslackslackenslowslow downslow upslursubsidewastewilt
Full Troponyms:attenuateblurcloudcollapsedie downdullfadeloosenmeltobliteratepallpine awayrefineslackenslowsubsidewilt
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.socialdestroy property or hinder normal operationsSynset:counteract countermine sabotage subvert undermine
Examples:- The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
Derivationally Related Form:sabotage
Hypernyms:disobey
Inherited Hypernyms:sabotagedisobeyrefusereactact
Direct Hyponyms:derail
Full Troponyms:derail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changereduce the level or intensity or size or scope ofSynset:de-escalate step down
Antonyms:escalate
Derivationally Related Form:weakenerde-escalationstep-down
Hypernyms:decrease lessen minify
Inherited Hypernyms:de-escalatedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changelessen in force or effectSynset:break damp dampen soften
Examples:- soften a shock
- break a fall
Derivationally Related Form:damperweakener
Hypernyms:blunt deaden
Inherited Hypernyms:dampendeadenchange
Direct Hyponyms:dampdampendeadendeafen
Full Troponyms:dampendeafen
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something