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To dispute the validity of
To impede the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
To cause damage to
To dig or excavate beneath (a building or fortification) so as to make it collapse
To erode the base or foundation of
To cause the downfall or ruin of
To decrease in strength or intensity
To cause to become physically weaker
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To diminish or take credit from
To expose to danger or the risk of loss
To put an end to, especially formally
To make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous
To dismiss idly with contempt or derision
Become progressively worse
To gradually exhaust or drain away
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
To declare to be untrue
To use up the supply or resources of
To bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
To outdo or surpass
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Verb
▲
To dispute the validity of
challenges
contests
defies
denounces
opposes
confronts
queries
argues
calls out
counters
disputes
questions
rebuts
refutes
contradicts
debates
disproves
enquires
UK
negates
objects to
stands up to
battles
calls in question
faces down
fights
impugns
inquires
US
interrogates
investigates
litigates
tests
accosts
addresses
calls into question
combats
contends
controverts
demurs against
denies
disagrees with
impeaches
oppugns
protests against
remonstrates
resists
tackles
take issue with
takes exception to
comes to blows with
demurs about
disapproves of
dissents from
fights against
flies in the face of
rallies against
rebels against
feuds with
gainsays
rivals
throws down
belies
conflicts with
gives the lie to
runs counter to
shoots full of holes
clashes with
takes on
struggles against
disagrees
attacks
contends with
faces
disaffirms
doubts
disconfirms
wrangles
takes a stand against
disavows
crosses
negatives
confutes
repudiates
puts up a fight against
clashes
repels
withstands
engages
rejects
disclaims
contravenes
goes against
locks horns
strives against
quarrels
bickers
squabbles
thwarts
encounters
altercates
competes
disowns
disallows
struggles
argues against
crosses swords
vies with
shoots down
rows
scraps
checks
obstructs
brawls
spats
debunks
discredits
spars
assails
declares untrue
vies
bucks
quashes
dissents
duels
competes against
shoots down in flames
hinders
meets
blocks
argufies
quibbles
answers
invalidates
falls out
breaks
strives
feuds
traverses
disbelieves
assaults
disapproves
argues with
blows sky high
competes with
speaks out against
goes up against
skirmishes with
sets your face against
wars
sets to
grapples with
argues about
takes up arms against
takes issue
locks horns with
casts aspersions on
raises doubts about
frustrates
impedes
differs
nullifies
objects
tilts
explodes
jars
rebuffs
dislikes
hassles
tiffs
counteracts
prevents
criticizes
US
probes
brabbles
blasts
protests
refuses
zaps
counterattacks
takes back
has a row
has a fight
conflicts
skirmishes
does battle with
quarrels with
curbs
crushes
tears down
has a misunderstanding
kicks against
has a tiff
gives thumbs down to
wonders about
squelches
has words
contends against
casts doubt on
takes a stand
holds out against
casts doubt upon
bandies words
not buys
declares to be untrue
fights like cat and dog
stands up and be counted against
disacknowledges
parries
agitates against
shows up
speaks against
criticises
UK
fails to agree
faces up to
puts up a fight
chops logic
faces off against
throws doubt on
wages war against
frowns at
not countenances
takes up arms
campaigns against
quibbles over
balks
US
beats
forswears
meets head-on
plays
naysays
brushes aside
unseats
retorts
calls in
responds
acts against
baulks
UK
goes out
fights a duel
opposes action
spares no effort
makes a stand against
puts up an argument
tangles with
backtalks
confounds
deflects
grills
tourneys
has bone to pick
renders null and void
stems
halts
restrains
stops
inhibits
brings into question
raises doubt
raises a question
discusses
goes at it hammer and tongs
breaks with
charges
embroils
bumps
varies
divides
complains
caterwauls
mixes it up
carps
collides
finds fault
cavils
has it out
gets tough with
tangles
takes exception
convicts
burns down
cancels out
exposes
replies to
burns
abnegates
silences
overthrows
tops
disposes of
cancels
everts
relucts
makes a nonsense of
tars
trashes
traduces
slams
zings
knocks
smears
breaks a lance
enters the lists
jousts
trades blows
countervails
stonewalls
baulks at
refuses to accept
dissents with
retracts
backpedals
fights with
fences
has a spat
suspects
braves
gives battle to
strikes
sets upon
joins battle with
wages war on
wrests with
comes to close quarters with
enters into combat with
begins battle with
scraps with
mounts an attack on
launches
falls on
battles with
casts aspersions upon
skins alive
sticks it to
puts down
pins on
swipes at
comes down on
thumbs nose at
runs down
throws the book at
cuts to shreds
wards off
turns down
fends off
stands firm
keeps at bay
remains firm
fights back
holds off
battles against
struggles with
demurs
contents against
goes one on one with
pits
goes toe to toe with
matches
goes eyeball to eyeball with
campaigns
grapples
counterclaims
keeps back
withsays
calls on
spurns
holds back
recants
looks into
puts out a feeler question
tests the waters
mistrusts
distrusts
raises objections
pleads against
defends against
protests about
retaliates against
defends oneself against
comes to blows
engages in hostilities
makes war
carries on hostilities
bombards
takes the field
joins battle
bears arms
wages war
marches against
shoots
conducts a war
goes to war
engages in combat
takes the field against
does battle
fights back against
shoots it out with
scrimmages with
crosses swords with
wars against
misdoubts
raises objections to
feels uneasy about
has suspicions about
harbours reservations about
entertains doubts about
expresses suspicions about
has hesitations about
has reservations about
expresses reservations about
harbours suspicions about
puzzles over
quarrels over
takes
withstays
races
moots
examines
rivalizes
canvasses
bandies
jockeys for position
goes after
seeks to displace
canvases
argues the pros and cons of
picks a bone
shows to be wrong
puts up argument
blows out of the water
shows to be false
quibbles about
proves to be false
proves wrong
differs with
proves to be wrong
contends over
has an argument about
proves false
bandies words concerning
dissents against
pettifogs
hammers away at
picks an argument with
disaccords
discepts
discords
lays into
goes for the jugular
jumps on
contradicts each other
haggles
lets someone have it
rips into each other
palters
more ❯
Verb
▲
To impede the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously
impedes
inhibits
subverts
sabotages
frustrates
obstructs
thwarts
disempowers
curbs
disrupts
restrains
stymies
foils
encumbers
hinders
handicaps
trammels
destabilises
UK
destabilizes
US
fetters
shakes
cumbers
hampers
slows
attenuates
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
hamstrings
cramps
emasculates
sandbags
saps
botches
challenges
softens
puts the kibosh on
drags through the mud
clips one's wings
queers the pitch of
pokes full of holes
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
throws a spanner in the works
cramps one's style
gives a hard time
interferes with
stands in the way of
“Mistakes or excessive collateral damage can
undermine
its potential effectiveness.”
Verb
▲
To cause damage to
damages
impairs
weakens
compromises
spoils
ruins
hurts
injures
diminishes
cripples
debilitates
reduces
wrecks
disables
impedes
enfeebles
hinders
threatens
blunts
corrodes
dents
torpedoes
fouls up
destroys
harms
subverts
sabotages
vitiates
blights
saps
blemishes
tarnishes
defaces
breaks
lessens
endamages
erodes
flaws
ravages
taints
destabilizes
US
disfigures
debases
enervates
disrupts
crabs
destabilises
UK
corrupts
sullies
annihilates
thwarts
bloodies
demolishes
crushes
defiles
smashes
devastates
totals
shatters
trashes
crosses up
degrades
decreases
shakes
razes
devitalizes
lowers
besmirches
disempowers
prejudices
infects
blots
shrinks
dismantles
wastes
desecrates
vandalizes
US
guts
attenuates
deteriorates
impoverishes
jeopardizes
US
vandalises
UK
befouls
invalidates
undoes
detracts from
pollutes
stains
messes up
jeopardises
UK
dirties
puts the kibosh on
mangles
batters
wears away
eats away
smashes up
causes detriment to
unsettles
wreaks havoc on
influences
warps
cheapens
soils
undercuts
softens
etiolates
perverts
restricts
foils
roughs up
dilutes
queers
limits
curbs
contracts
devaluates
withers
tires
checks
shocks
emasculates
contaminates
has a bad effect on
wounds
does harm to
scorches
consumes
constricts
interferes with
dilapidates
louses up
mucks up
takes out
abates
poisons
adulterates
smirches
depletes
puts out of commission
waters down
cracks
plays havoc with
pulls down
knocks
takes the edge off
saps the strength of
drives a nail into the coffin of
gnaws
leads astray
pulls the rug out from under
bruises
manipulates
depraves
debauches
blackens
brutalizes
US
brutalises
UK
whittles
distorts
has a negative effect on
upsets
minimizes
US
minimises
UK
endangers
scotches
scuppers
costs
maims
fouls
prostrates
dislocates
botches
imperils
dims
atrophies
whittles away
causes the loss of
causes the sacrifice of
results in harm to
blows
bodges
frustrates
chips away
nicks
exhausts
drains
emaciates
shrivels
results in damage to
leads to the end of
despoils
incapacitates
depresses
afflicts
wrenches
darkens
knocks off balance
puts at risk
touches
wears down
depreciates
demeans
blasts
inconveniences
handles roughly
festers
cuts
strikes at the foundations
wears out
tunnels
shakes up
screws up
disfeatures
deforms
disgraces
curtails
does mischief to
dumps on
muzzles
hogties
unstrengthens
kiboshes
sandbags
splits
bleaches
maltreats
disintegrates
scratches
abuses
discolours
UK
scathes
lacerates
bangs up
fades
tears
tampers with
stabs
does damage to
burns
rots
plays merry hell with
rusts
discolors
US
wrongs
negates
prunes
makes ineffective
renders powerless
makes unfit
makes powerless
makes feebler
renders incapable
downscales
narrows
downsizes
puts out of action
throws a monkey wrench into
infringes
disturbs
throws monkey wrench in
makes feeble
calms
thins
dissipates
soothes
lightens
mitigates
deflates
rarefies
assuages
tempers
extenuates
offsets
cuts down
pares down
cuts back
retrenches
crashes
encroaches on
deprives of force
reduces the power of
eases
extinguishes
decimates
creams
nukes
pulverizes
US
desolates
wracks
reduces the powers of
pulls the teeth of
removes the sting from
vaporizes
US
shipwrecks
de-escalates
makes weaker
knocks down
devalues
breaks up
tears up
rubs out
damages beyond repair
tears down
wracks up
piles up
reduces to rubble
writes off
leaves in ruins
takes apart
effaces
cracks up
runs onto the rocks
does in
dashes to pieces
vaporises
UK
pulverises
UK
places a limit on
worsens
dings
tweaks
disqualifies
unfits
makes useless
loses strength
more ❯
“Compromise of this principle of consensus will
undermine
the integrity of the process and lead to loss of commitment.”
Verb
▲
To dig or excavate beneath (a building or fortification) so as to make it collapse
excavates
bores
burrows
mines
tunnels
digs
saps
burrows under
digs under
tunnels under
digs down
digs out
hollows out
knocks the bottom out of
delves
channels
drills
grubs
scoops out
gouges out
cuts out
shovels
scoops
gouges
trenches
hollows
cuts
quarries
dredges
scrapes
pits
digs up
sinks
grooves
penetrates
unearths
spades
opens up
ditches
empties
digs your way
drains
pierces
punches
plows
US
hoes
furrows
gorges
depresses
routs
bulldozes
roots
rakes
punctures
drives
makes
perforates
creates
extracts
corrugates
rabbets
ruts
dishes
indents
notches
dents
enters
turns
deepens
concaves
ploughs
UK
sifts
opens
exposes
pricks
riddles
reams
draws
removes
hews
provides with ditches
digs a ditch in
carves out
puts
pans
works
drills hole
moves
digs for
cuts through
shifts
spoons
heaps
ladles
stuffs
tosses
loads
mucks
throws
scoops up
passes
picks up
scratches
chisels
claws
hacks
scores
gashes
incises
engraves
marks
burrows out
hacks out
scrapes out
chisels out
claws out
scratchs out
cuts into
more ❯
“The demolition engineers did eventually
undermine
two of the tower's six sides.”
Verb
▲
To erode the base or foundation of
erodes
undercuts
wears
wears away
eats away at
chips away
whittles away
chips away at
eats away
corrodes
abrades
crumbles
consumes
frets
dissolves
deteriorates
weathers
scours
decays
impairs
wastes
wears down
grinds down
gnaws away at
wastes away
eats into
washes away
denudes
chafes
rasps
rubs
frays
galls
frazzles
scrapes
scratches
grazes
corrades
grinds
scuffs
uses
taxes
overuses
overworks
fades
bothers
becomes threadbare
rubs away
cuts down
becomes worn
wearing through
grinds away
wears out
uses up
wears thin
goes to seed
bites into
rubs down
gnaws away
scrapes off
crumbles away
destroys
eats
gnaws
disintegrates
weakens
spoils
devours
rots
nibbles
lessens
scrapes away
diminishes
saps
bites at
bites
breaks up
more ❯
“They are installed so that the ground water does not
undermine
the surface of the road.”
Verb
▲
To cause the downfall or ruin of
undoes
ruins
destroys
wrecks
spoils
shatters
devastates
scotches
scuppers
smashes
thwarts
demolishes
impairs
injures
crushes
sabotages
foils
frustrates
harms
stymies
upsets
annihilates
cripples
breaks
topples
queers
blows
hinders
subverts
neutralises
UK
neutralizes
US
overthrows
quashes
vitiates
decimates
hampers
razes
obliterates
defeats
wracks
botches
obstructs
eradicates
squelches
unbuilds
cramps
crazes
crimps
impoverishes
skins
fouls up
louses up
messes up
screws up
does for
puts the kibosh on
makes a mess of
plays havoc with
puts an end to
brings down
blows a hole in
brings to naught
puts at risk
mucks up
cancels out
renders ineffective
ballses up
balls up
works against
throws a spanner in the works
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
rains on someone's parade
suppresses
incapacitates
subdues
disables
extinguishes
enfeebles
vanquishes
overpowers
overcomes
disrupts
damages
interrupts
terminates
attacks
nullifies
dispatches
ravages
dashes
prevents
eliminates
ends
threatens
annuls
subjugates
abolishes
quells
blocks
kills
bollixes
aborts
represses
breaks up
breaks down
interferes with
intrudes on
dominates
cows
weakens
busts
overwhelms
demotes
demoralizes
US
keeps down
conquers
beats down
bears down
masters
reduces
disrates
tames
brings someone to their knees
brings to ruin
routs
demoralises
UK
totals
blights
vaporizes
US
blasts
wastes
desolates
overturns
torpedoes
creams
nukes
nixes
trashes
banjaxes
dishes
vaporises
UK
pulls down
lays waste
rubs out
does in
lays in ruins
tears down
wipes out
puts out of action
puts out of commission
tumbles
writes off
puts paid to
destructs
pulverizes
US
flattens
ruinates
desecrates
sinks
dilapidates
despoils
ravishes
mangles
disfigures
mullers
poisons
euchres
cruels
levels
defiles
scourges
bodges
defaces
mutilates
depletes
maims
pulverises
UK
cleans out
reduces to nothing
knocks down
wreaks havoc upon
leaves desolate
wreaks havoc on
reduces to rubble
leaves in ruins
brings to nothing
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease in strength or intensity
blunts
deadens
dulls
reduces
lessens
diminishes
moderates
eases
softens
allays
assuages
decreases
relieves
alleviates
tempers
numbs
abates
soothes
mollifies
benumbs
attenuates
dampens
desensitises
UK
desensitizes
US
damps
calms
dilutes
appeases
muffles
cools
slakes
sates
cauterises
UK
cauterizes
US
thins
obtunds
hebetates
tones down
takes the edge off
waters down
puts a damper on
Verb
▲
To cause to become physically weaker
prostrates
debilitates
exhausts
enervates
tires
weakens
saps
enfeebles
wearies
fatigues
drains
incapacitates
disables
devitalizes
cripples
frazzles
immobilises
UK
immobilizes
US
overtires
taxes
knackers
overtaxes
paralyses
UK
poops
hamstrings
etiolates
wastes
softens
impairs
paralyzes
US
whacks
handicaps
reduces
disarms
ruins
depresses
wrecks
overthrows
mows
defeats
knocks out
wears out
tires out
does in
washes out
lays low
tuckers out
makes powerless
makes weary
makes helpless
makes impotent
brings someone to their knees
takes it out of
brings low
indisposes
shatters
torpefies
makes weak
makes feeble
puts out of action
attenuates
emasculates
depletes
jades
eviscerates
renders infirm
wears to a frazzle
blunts
diminishes
unnerves
vitiates
saps your strength
harms
encumbers
hurts
injures
hampers
extenuates
hinders
bushes
unstrengthens
disempowers
destroys
exenterates
disembowels
confines to a wheelchair
confines to bed
wears down
wears
busts
poops out
kills
breaks
outwears
peters out
conks out
harasses
tuckers
overworks
does up
flags
sinks
overexerts
overextends
overfatigues
droops
languishes
succumbs
fizzles
runs ragged
overdoes
draws
bankrupts
bedraggles
sags
drops
strains
sucks dry
fails
shags out
drains of energy
makes tired
grows tired
bores
impoverishes
uses up
burdens
bonks
hits the wall
plagues
drowses
roots
oppresses
pains
gluts
weighs
fades
causes ennui
wipes out
nearly kills
faints
overburdens
folds
overstrains
collapses
yawns
wears oneself to a shadow
wears oneself to a frazzle
runs into the ground
goes stale
becomes tired
grows weary
gets tired
becomes fatigued
puts to sleep
takes
makes sleepy
wears on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease the value, character, or quality of
debases
degrades
demeans
corrupts
abases
vitiates
cheapens
perverts
subverts
depraves
harms
lowers
tarnishes
deteriorates
warps
debauches
poisons
damages
blemishes
smirches
chastens
devalues
bastardises
UK
bastardizes
US
lessens
fouls
profanes
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
prostitutes
cripples
cankers
blackens
bemeans
debilitates
devaluates
takes down
casts down
drags down
lowers the status of
drags through the mud
reduces the status of
defiles
taints
colours
UK
biasses
biases
prejudices
turns
jaundices
embitters
sours
colors
US
adulterates
pollutes
contaminates
spoils
brutalizes
US
bestializes
brutalises
UK
demotes
abuses
stoops
descends
sinks
shames
disgraces
distorts
weakens
dilutes
depreciates
mongrelizes
sullies
reduces
stains
diminishes
dehumanizes
US
darkens
soils
besmirches
vulgarizes
US
injures
vulgarises
UK
mortifies
derogates
dehumanises
UK
puts down
brings shame to
cuts down to size
tears down
shoots down
runs down
takes down a peg
cuts down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralises
UK
demoralizes
US
disheartens
discourages
daunts
dispirits
unnerves
shakes
dejects
depresses
unmans
dismays
weakens
saps
crushes
enfeebles
chills
cows
devitalizes
disconcerts
enervates
frustrates
rattles
subdues
throws
casts down
disempowers
abashes
cripples
damps
dampens
debilitates
deflates
disarranges
discountenances
disorders
disorganizes
disparages
disturbs
embarrasses
jumbles
muddles
nonplusses
snarls
unglues
unsettles
unzips
upsets
brings low
knocks sideways
blows out
blows up
gets to
knocks for six
sends up
takes apart
psychs out
takes steam out
knocks the stuffing out of
deters
dashes
disappoints
saddens
makes downhearted
makes dejected
disinclines
throws cold water on
gives someone the blues
pours cold water on
desolates
weighs down
makes crestfallen
humbles
makes dispirited
indisposes
humiliates
puts down
brings down
weighs heavily on
gets down
puts a damper on
makes someone fed up
distresses
oppresses
bothers
chagrins
troubles
vexes
burdens
bums out
perturbs
afflicts
grieves
worries
aggrieves
ails
fazes
makes despondent
makes sad
mortifies
alarms
discomposes
makes gloomy
tries
torments
bugs
harrows
beats down
puts off
disquiets
agitates
makes unhappy
concerns
discomfits
disgruntles
irks
disenchants
hurts
disobliges
pains
breaks one's heart
lets down
dampens spirits
scares
hangs over
takes the wind out of your sails
brings tears to your eyes
dashes hopes
overwhelms
intimidates
unhinges
discomforts
confounds
appalls
US
panics
undoes
flusters
emasculates
appals
UK
frazzles
annoys
startles
exasperates
disillusions
squashes
psychs
shatters
wearies
flattens
irritates
abases
paralyses
UK
spooks
paralyzes
US
embitters
takes aback
shakes up
throws off balance
agonizes
US
dulls
chastens
clouds
puzzles
narks
harasses
demotivates
haunts
reduces to tears
hacks off
puts someone off their stroke
makes blue
drags down
dampens the spirits of
makes desolate
makes miserable
agonises
UK
turns off
burns up
casts a gloom upon
puts into a funk
causes suffering to
breaks someone's heart
tires
breaks
lowers
subjugates
suppresses
devastates
dispraises
consternates
discombobulates
thwarts
defeats
overcomes
baffles
unstrings
casts a shadow
lies
underwhelms
damps down
bears down on
presses
deplores
downs
dumps
shames
lies heavy on
preys on
takes the wind out
knocks the wind out of
castrates
puts into a flap
casts a pall over
harshes one's mellow
gelds
scares off
dashes the hopes of
petrifies
throws into a tizz
awes
shatters the illusions of
dissuades
confuses
sets back
tortures
causes someone to lose their composure
casts a gloom on
lobotomizes
infuriates
angers
overawes
takes the heart out of
desiccates
droops
prostrates
represses
floors
drains
dehydrates
wounds
deadens
stings
maddens
drags
darkens
beats
discommodes
plagues
pesters
gnaws at
stresses
runs down
galls
racks
makes wretched
strains
breaks the heart of
frets
riles
causes anguish to
dissatisfies
aggravates
sours
displeases
cuts to the quick
causes to lose heart
miffs
keeps under
blankets
harshes someone's mellow
bears down
makes discontented
drives crazy
drives mad
stamps out
destroys
belittles
debunks
quashes
snubs
winds up
takes down
shoots down
knocks down
punctures balloon
cuts down to size
softens
touches
melts
gives someone the hump
lets down easy
lets wind out of sails
takes down a peg or two
arouses sympathy
arouses pity
tugs at your heartstrings
tugs at the heart
flurries
distracts
fusses
distempers
frightens
alarums
shocks
perplexes
bewilders
exercises
horrifies
hagrides
terrifies
derails
terrorizes
US
dumbfounds
surprises
affrights
flummoxes
mystifies
pothers
terrorises
UK
freaks out
weirds out
puts the wind up
gives a turn
fouls up
screws up
messes up
fills with consternation
throws into a tizzy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish or take credit from
detracts
diminishes
decries
derogates
deprecates
belittles
discredits
denigrates
depreciates
minimises
UK
minimizes
US
discounts
undervalues
underrates
trivialises
UK
trivializes
US
defames
cheapens
devalues
knocks
vilipends
lessens
reduces
lowers
minifies
weakens
devaluates
decreases
misprizes
blisters
disesteems
backbites
withdraws
pooh-poohs
plays down
writes off
makes light of
hold cheap
soft-pedals
laughs at
brushes aside
glosses over
cuta rate
takes away from
subtracts from
downplays
understates
moderates
softens
underestimates
whitewashes
underplays
mitigates
deemphasizes
extenuates
qualifies
tempers
minimalizes
brushes off
talks down
de-emphasizes
tones down
sells short
shrugs off
makes light
detracts from
makes little of
Verb
▲
To expose to danger or the risk of loss
compromises
endangers
imperils
jeopardises
UK
jeopardizes
US
weakens
prejudices
threatens
harms
exposes
hazards
injures
menaces
risks
damages
implicates
adventures
jeopards
perils
ventures
places in danger
does harm to
exposes to danger
gambles with
puts at risk
puts in danger
lays open
leaves defenseless
leaves vulnerable
poses a threat to
puts in jeopardy
puts under suspicion
sells out
Verb
▲
To put an end to, especially formally
invalidates
nullifies
annuls
cancels
quashes
negates
rescinds
undoes
voids
abolishes
overrules
abrogates
overturns
repeals
revokes
abates
avoids
disannuls
dissolves
nulls
overrides
overthrows
reverses
vacates
vetoes
weakens
renders invalid
repudiates
terminates
annihilates
circumducts
counteracts
counterbalances
countermands
disqualifies
impairs
neutralises
UK
neutralizes
US
nixes
offsets
rolls back
strikes down
unfits
vitiates
blows sky-high
renders null and void
Verb
▲
To make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous
invalidates
disproves
refutes
contradicts
negates
rebuts
discredits
belies
explodes
gainsays
compromises
confutes
debunks
exposes
weakens
controverts
negatives
shoots down
proves false
proves to be false
shows to be false
makes a nonsense of
shoots full of holes
gives the lie to
knocks the bottom out of
shoots down in flames
blows out of the water
drives a coach and horses through
disconfirms
confounds
denies
overturns
busts
challenges
squelches
squashes
demolishes
undoes
blows sky-high
proves wrong
puts an end to
does for
calls into question
throws out
pokes holes in
quashes
falsifies
repudiates
counters
disavows
disclaims
breaks
disaffirms
overthrows
opposes
contravenes
disallows
disowns
nullifies
contests
disputes
rejects
disagrees with
disagrees
blows sky high
punctures
deflates
destroys
discounts
queries
questions
defeats
rebuffs
declares untrue
dissents from
silences
takes back
doubts
disbelieves
disacknowledges
finds unfounded
blows up
raises doubts about
not buys
tears down
proves to be wrong
shows to be wrong
casts doubt on
sets aside
shows up
take issue with
conflicts with
runs counter to
proves unsound
annihilates
ridicules
oppugns
deceives
discards
crosses
impugns
vanquishes
subverts
picks holes in
proves impossible
puts paid to
traverses
shows in its true light
cuts down to size
goes against
puts down
brings to naught
shuts up
shoots holes in
knocks props out
knocks bottom out of
unmasks
uncovers
argues
nails
retracts
backpedals
sets straight
throws light on
catches out
examines
moots
addresses
answers
altercates
bandies
canvasses
curbs
withsays
spurns
recants
contends
wrangles
crushes
canvases
pettifogs
debates
argues against
keeps back
holds back
takes exception to
calls on
differs with
bandies words concerning
argues about
contends over
agitates against
dissents against
argues the pros and cons of
wonders about
has an argument about
takes a stand against
quibbles about
picks a bone
protests against
objects to
hammers away at
declares to be untrue
picks an argument with
gives thumbs down to
puts up argument
quibbles over
pooh-poohs
puts under suspicion
pokes full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dismiss idly with contempt or derision
pooh-poohs
dismisses
spurns
belittles
disregards
scorns
brushes aside
derides
plays down
rebuffs
rejects
repudiates
discounts
disdains
slights
mocks
ridicules
scoffs at
sneers at
makes little of
waves aside
wipes
makes light of
sniffs at
treats with contempt
expresses contempt
puts down
holds up to scorn
Verb
▲
Become progressively worse
decompensates
deteriorates
declines
degenerates
fails
regresses
weakens
worsens
sinks
falls
decays
slips
drops
ebbs
slides
slumps
retrogrades
wanes
gets worse
collapses
descends
stagnates
degrades
devolves
depreciates
rots
crumbles
atrophies
goes downhill
goes to rack and ruin
corrodes
goes down the tubes
debilitates
goes backwards
lowers
goes to pieces
becomes worse
goes to pot
wears away
alloys
retrogresses
hits the skids
disimproves
goes to the pack
lapses
languishes
adulterates
injures
goes to the dogs
flags
loses it
breaks
skids
loses quality
goes down the toilet
impairs
fades
withers
diminishes
dwindles
disintegrates
falls off
backslides
wilts
lessens
decreases
wastes away
droops
abates
breaks down
relapses
wastes
falls apart
grows worse
subsides
takes a turn for the worse
sags
goes from bad to worse
recedes
reduces
drops off
perishes
falls away
shrinks
peters out
goes down
emaciates
shrivels
dies down
dies out
slackens
dies away
tails off
fades away
goes
reverts
goes to seed
dissolves
palls
contracts
tapers off
spoils
becomes dilapidated
lags
vitiates
eases
decomposes
tapers
moulders
UK
nosedives
dies
molders
US
plummets
goes wrong
moderates
goes bad
shrivels up
lets up
becomes debilitated
sickens
flounders
retrocedes
wizens
falls to pieces
drains away
melts away
disappears
goes pear-shaped
attenuates
devaluates
evaporates
falls into decay
softens
slacks off
runs low
dries up
grows weak
relents
remits
drains
falls short
grows less
returns
takes a nosedive
de-escalates
ratchets down
phases down
eases off
slashes
curbs
quiets
checks
settles
retreats
debases
withers away
dims
founders
fizzles
vanishes
flops
lightens
ages
quells
runs to seed
miscarries
recidivates
putrefies
goes back
falters
restrains
wears down
narrows down
calms down
slows down
loses edge
fizzles out
falls into disrepair
decrements
winds down
becomes emaciated
goes to ruin
depresses
goes awry
plunges
gives way
gives in
goes amiss
becomes weak
breaks up
dips
falls through
becomes less
fades out
erodes
falls back
comes apart at seams
wears off
goes astray
runs down
escalates
moves backward
weathers
rebates
tumbles
drifts
suffers
dilapidates
fragments
damages
thins
devitalizes
saps
enervates
becomes marcescent
spirals
etiolates
faints
makes something worse
bates
grows faint
grows weaker
goes down the tube
cuts down
tails away
curtails
modifies
evanesces
downscales
downsizes
becomes smaller
grows smaller
blurs
depletes
appears in a poor light
goes into decline
runs out
pejorates
goes back to
becomes moribund
falls apart at the seams
gets worse again
has a relapse
gets ill again
suffers a relapse
breaks apart
gets smaller
draws to a close
dissipates
rots away
goes mouldy
goes off
has one foot in the grave
dies off
disperses
strays
dives
gutters
devalues
gives up
falls steeply
becomes enfeebled
becomes shrunken
cheapens
peters
goes into a tailspin
reaches a new low
melts
gives out
trails
reaches depths
retires
dies on vine
comes apart at the seams
hits rock bottom
takes a dive
hits the floor
cuts
goes away
comes to an end
grows dim
slips back
marks down
downgrades
goes down the primrose path
leaves the straight and narrow
falls from grace
drifts back
deflates
discounts
sinks back
moves back
turns back
turns the clock back
loses ground
throws back
rolls back
loses headway
devalorizes
writes off
writes down
lowers in value
lowers in price
bombs
busts
misfires
aborts
strikes out
backfires
rebounds
boomerangs
recoils
falls flat
blunders
misses the mark
plays into
turns out badly
meets with disaster
goes down swinging
gangs agley
comes to naught
goes up in smoke
folds
misses
backs wrong horse
comes to grief
loses out
loses status
hits bottom
loses control
bites the dust
goes phut
runs aground
comes to nothing
misses the boat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To gradually exhaust or drain away
wears down
drains
depletes
dissipates
erodes
exhausts
bleeds
impoverishes
saps
strains
overcomes
wears away
bleeds dry
chips away at
slowly diminishes
slowly lessens
slowly reduces
gradually overcomes
Verb
▲
To undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
punctures
humbles
flattens
deflates
demolishes
destroys
discredits
disproves
erodes
pricks
reduces
ruins
explodes
shoots down
blows sky high
knocks bottom out
puts an end to
knocks props from under
pokes full of holes
shoots full of holes
takes wind out of sails
takes down a peg
Verb
▲
To declare to be untrue
contradicts
denies
counters
gainsays
refutes
controverts
negates
negatives
disputes
rebuts
disaffirms
disallows
disavows
disclaims
disconfirms
disowns
opposes
rejects
repudiates
confutes
contravenes
impugns
bucks
cancels
confronts
counteracts
crosses
dare
dares
differs
disproves
questions
reverses
traverses
withsays
withspeaks
cancels out
says the opposite of
takes on
calls in question
refuses to accept
has bone to pick
disagrees with
renounces
infirms
disacknowledges
annuls
objects to
Verb
▲
To use up the supply or resources of
depletes
consumes
drains
exhausts
expends
empties
reduces
spends
decreases
evacuates
uses up
lessens
milks
saps
diminishes
absorbs
attenuates
bleeds
burns
devours
lowers
bankrupts
impoverishes
slashes
sucks dry
draws
draws down
finishes
pares down
plays out
slims down
squanders
wastes
weakens
cuts back
digs into
dries up
eats up
runs down
washes up
Verb
▲
To bring disrepute to, especially through aspersions
tarnishes
sullies
slanders
defames
disgraces
debases
traduces
blots
discredits
maligns
shames
smears
stains
stigmatises
UK
stigmatizes
US
taints
vilifies
besmirches
censures
degrades
dishonours
UK
knocks
rubbishes
slurs
befouls
belittles
calumniates
decries
denigrates
disparages
reproaches
soils
asperses
assails
besmears
defiles
injures
libels
lowers
scandalises
UK
scandalizes
US
smirches
spoils
blackens
damages
embarrasses
muckrakes
spots
attacks
blotches
derides
derogates
dishonors
US
disrespects
poisons
reduces
rips
breathes on
brings discredit to
drags through the mire
drags through the mud
reflects badly on
bad-mouths
brings into disrepute
brings shame on
brings shame upon
slags off
speaks ill of
tars and feathers
does a number on
gives a black eye
rips up and down
flings mud at
slings mud at
casts a slur on
spreads scandal about
does a hatchet job on
gives a bad name
runs smear campaign
prejudices
blemishes
humiliates
demeans
abases
cheapens
fouls
takes down
humbles
chastens
darkens
depraves
runs down
casts aspersions on
puts in a bad light
tears down
sinks
vilipends
touches
vitiates
perverts
blights
speaks evil of
brings shame to
tells lies about
drags down
gives a bad name to
insults
reviles
slights
slams
pans
devalues
scorches
blisters
harms
throws mud at
corrupts
blackens the name of
runs a smear campaign against
blackens someone's name
shows in a bad light
drags someone's name through the mud
debauches
bastardizes
US
pollutes
contaminates
adulterates
brands
bastardises
UK
detracts
misrepresents
badmouths
ruins
roasts
backbites
diminishes
compromises
disfavors
US
disfavours
UK
belies
casts a slur
mortifies
desecrates
snubs
burlesques
caricatures
villainizes
puts down
reflects negatively
shoots down
shows up
slings mud
brings dishonour to
lowers the status of
damages the reputation of
takes down a peg
writes false reports about
spreads tales about
drags name through mud
muddies the reputation of
casts in a bad light
blackens the reputation of
marks wrong
harms the reputation of
alloys
dilutes
blackguards
violates
brutalizes
US
demoralizes
US
brutalises
UK
demoralises
UK
hurts
subverts
vituperates
reduces the status of
makes lose face
drags through mud
lies about
blackens the character of
offends
deprecates
deteriorates
mocks
attaints
ridicules
disregards
owns
tars
profanes
bemeans
downgrades
lessens
puts zingers on
casts slur on
loses face
depreciates
brings low
brings down
puts someone in their place
causes to lose face
makes someone eat crow
takes down a peg or two
cuts down to size
sneers
strumpets
plasters
hits
blasphemes
cuts down
casts down
spreads lies about
casts aspersion
accuses falsely
blots your copybook
vulgarizes
US
vulgarises
UK
bestializes
exposes
disesteems
detracts from
pooh-poohs
brings into disfavour
more ❯
Verb
▲
To outdo or surpass
trumps
outdoes
surpasses
tops
caps
eclipses
outclasses
outshines
upstages
beats
betters
outperforms
excels
outrivals
outvies
defeats
exceeds
finesses
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