Definition of undermined Undermined
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What does undermined mean?
Part of speech
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| undermine - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" | ||
| sabotage, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken | ||
| disobey refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" | ||
| derail run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a cow was standing on the tracks" | ||
| undermine - hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks" | ||
| cave | ||
| core out, hollow out, hollow remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" | ||
| sap excavate the earth beneath | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- undermine (v. t.)
To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall. - undermine (v. t.)
Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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undermine
To destroy property or hinder normal operations.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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undermine
un-dėr-mīn′, v.t. to form mines under, in order to destroy: to destroy secretly the foundation or support of anything.—n. Undermī′ner, one who undermines, a secret enemy
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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undermine
To dig an excavation under any fort, house, or other building, so as to cause it to fall down or to blow it up with powder.
Part of speech
🔤- undermine, verb, present, 1st person singular of undermine (infinitive).
- undermine, verb (infinitive).
