āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
undermine
/ËĘndÉËmaÉĒn/
to undermine
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āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to gradually decrease the effectiveness, confidence, or power of something or someone
Transitive: to undermine power or intensity of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Constant criticism can undermine a person's self-confidence.
āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to dig or make a hollow space beneath a structure or surface
Transitive: to undermine a structure or part of land
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Over time, the river managed to undermine sections of the cliff, causing rockfalls.
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§, āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ° āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
undermine
mine
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
