WEAKEN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • become weaker
   Usage Example(s)
   • The prisoner’’s resistance weakened after seven days
   Hypernyms(s) weaken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • diminish (what does diminish mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • fall (what does fall mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • strengthen (what does strengthen mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • attenuate (what does attenuate mean?)
   • melt (what does melt mean?)
   • disappear (what does disappear mean?)
   • die down (what does die down mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • fade (what does fade mean?)
   • melt (what does melt mean?)
   • subside (what does subside mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • blur (what does blur mean?)
   • dim (what does dim mean?)
   • slur (what does slur mean?)
   • pine away (what does pine away mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   • languish (what does languish mean?)
   • dull (what does dull mean?)
   • pall (what does pall mean?)
   • loosen (what does loosen mean?)
   • relax (what does relax mean?)
   • loose (what does loose mean?)
   • slacken (what does slacken mean?)
   • slow (what does slow mean?)
   • slow down (what does slow down mean?)
   • slow up (what does slow up mean?)
   • slack (what does slack mean?)
   • slacken (what does slacken mean?)
   • wilt (what does wilt mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • weakening (what does weakening mean?)
2. Meaning
   • lessen the strength of
   Usage Example(s)
   • The fever weakened his body
   Hypernyms(s) weaken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • strengthen (what does strengthen mean?)
   • beef up (what does beef up mean?)
   • fortify (what does fortify mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • de-energize (what does de-energize mean?)
   • de-energise (what does de-energise mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • devitalize (what does devitalize mean?)
   • devitalise (what does devitalise mean?)
   • shake (what does shake mean?)
   • depress (what does depress mean?)
   • unbrace (what does unbrace mean?)
   • etiolate (what does etiolate mean?)
   • cripple (what does cripple mean?)
   • stultify (what does stultify mean?)
   • dilute (what does dilute mean?)
   • thin (what does thin mean?)
   • thin out (what does thin out mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • rarefy (what does rarefy mean?)
   • attenuate (what does attenuate mean?)
   • blunt (what does blunt mean?)
   • temper (what does temper mean?)
   • season (what does season mean?)
   • mollify (what does mollify mean?)
   • enfeeble (what does enfeeble mean?)
   • debilitate (what does debilitate mean?)
   • drain (what does drain mean?)
   • enervate (what does enervate mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • neutralize (what does neutralize mean?)
   • neutralise (what does neutralise mean?)
   • nullify (what does nullify mean?)
   • negate (what does negate mean?)
   • emasculate (what does emasculate mean?)
   • castrate (what does castrate mean?)
   • wash out (what does wash out mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • weaken (what does weaken mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • weakener (what does weakener mean?)
   • weakening (what does weakening mean?)
3. Meaning
   • reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
   Synonym(s)
   • de-escalate (what does de-escalate mean?)
   • step down (what does step down mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • de-escalate a crisis
   Hypernyms(s) weaken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • lessen (what does lessen mean?)
   • minify (what does minify mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • escalate (what does escalate mean?)
   • intensify (what does intensify mean?)
   • step up (what does step up mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decrease (what does decrease mean?)
   • diminution (what does diminution mean?)
   • reduction (what does reduction mean?)
   • step-down (what does step-down mean?)
   • weakener (what does weakener mean?)
   • de-escalation (what does de-escalation mean?)
4. Meaning
   • lessen in force or effect
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • soften (what does soften mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • soften a shock
   • break a fall
   Hypernyms(s) weaken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • deaden (what does deaden mean?)
   • blunt (what does blunt mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • deafen (what does deafen mean?)
   • dampen (what does dampen mean?)
   • deaden (what does deaden mean?)
   • damp (what does damp mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • weakener (what does weakener mean?)
   • damper (what does damper mean?)
5. Meaning
   • destroy property or hinder normal operations
   Synonym(s)
   • counteract (what does counteract mean?)
   • countermine (what does countermine mean?)
   • sabotage (what does sabotage mean?)
   • subvert (what does subvert mean?)
   • undermine (what does undermine mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war
   Hypernyms(s) weaken is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • disobey (what does disobey mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • derail (what does derail mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sabotage (what does sabotage mean?)