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Adjective weakening has 2 senses
- debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakening - causing debilitation
Antonym: invigorating (indirect, via debilitating)
- weakening - moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker
Antonym: intensifying (indirect, via moderating)
Noun weakening has 2 senses
- weakening - becoming weaker
--1 is a kind of transformation, transmutation, shift
Antonyms: strengthening
--1 has particulars:
- weakening - the act of reducing the strength of something
--2 is a kind of decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down
Antonyms: strengthening
--2 has particulars: wilt, wilting; dilution; etiolation
Verb weaken has 5 senses
- weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: strengthen, beef up, fortify
Sample sentences:
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- weaken - become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
--2 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Antonyms: strengthen
Sample sentences:
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- sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
--3 is one way to disobey
Sample sentence:
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- de-escalate, weaken, step down - reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis"
--4 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
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- dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
--5 is one way to deaden, blunt
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