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weaken
verb
- To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fade, fail, flag
2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away).
Informal: fizzle (out).
Idioms:
go downhill, hit the skids. See
increase, strong
- To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of: attenuate, debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, sap
2, undermine, undo, unnerve. See
strong
- To lessen the strength of by or as if by admixture: attenuate, cut, dilute, thin, water (down). See
strong
- To moderate or change a position or course of action as a result of pressure: ease off, relent, slacken, soften, yield.
Idiom:
give way (or ground). See
strong
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