Antonyms for undermine

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uhn-der-mahyn or especially for 1, 2, 4, uhn-der-mahyn

Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn dərˈmaɪn or especially for 1, 2, 4, ˈʌn dərˌmaɪn

Definition of undermine

Origin : c.1300, undermyne, from under + mine (v.). The figurative sense is attested from early 15c. Cf. Dutch ondermijnen, Danish underminere, German unterminiren. Related: Undermined; undermining.

verb weaken

Example sentences :

Such association is enough to undermine the morals of a saint, in a week or two.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

It is not in the power of events to undermine the felicity of the virtuous.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Or, more probably, pity had not come in to undermine the foundations.
Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos

Strafford, The wind that saps these walls can undermine Your camp in Scotland, too.
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

The boys borrowed these, and went to work to undermine the big stone.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

And he would never more attempt to undermine me with cheap flattery.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

"It'll take a long time to undermine their reputation that way," he objected.
Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole

You remember it, Dean, I thought him a villain when I learned how he was trying to undermine you.
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

With cynical cruelty, he set himself to insult, to undermine, to mutilate it.
Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio

We are down to solid rock, and no water can get to undermine us.
Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade

Synonyms for undermine

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