What part of speech is undermine?

Undermine can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. undermine is a verb, present, 1st person singular of undermine (infinitive).
  • 2. undermine is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does undermine mean?

Definitions

Verb

undermine - destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
undermine - hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

Examples of undermine

#   Sentence  
1. verb However powerful hardliners in Tehran may be trying to undermine that strategy and a new issue is likely to deepen the rift with the moderates.
2. verb Many fear that cuts in the defense budget will undermine the military's effectiveness.
3. verb The market tends to undermine the very values that gave rise to it.
4. verb Tom hasn't got the chance to poison the atmosphere or undermine the love between Mary and her new lover.
5. verb Hackers were able to break into the company's computer system and undermine its network security.
6. verb If the smaller groups in the interstitial territory would unite their efforts, with the proper strategy and some punctual hits they were able to undermine the advancement of the more centralized sovereign powers.
7. verb We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.
8. verb Often, those who benefit most from globalization have used their political power to further undermine the position of workers.
9. verb Don't let capitalism undermine your soul.
10. verb "Old demons are reawakening, ready to sow chaos and death," warned Macron. "History sometimes threatens to repeat its tragic patterns and undermine the legacy of peace we thought we had sealed with the blood of our ancestors."
11. verb Let's not do anything to undermine Tom.
12. verb Nothing could undermine Algeria's strategic ties with Russia.
13. verb Yanni didn't want to undermine Skura's Islamic faith.
14. verb These actions are an abuse of power and fundamentally undermine the rule of law.
15. verb He's trying to undermine our authority.
Sentence  
verb
However powerful hardliners in Tehran may be trying to undermine that strategy and a new issue is likely to deepen the rift with the moderates.
Many fear that cuts in the defense budget will undermine the military's effectiveness.
The market tends to undermine the very values that gave rise to it.
Tom hasn't got the chance to poison the atmosphere or undermine the love between Mary and her new lover.
Hackers were able to break into the company's computer system and undermine its network security.
If the smaller groups in the interstitial territory would unite their efforts, with the proper strategy and some punctual hits they were able to undermine the advancement of the more centralized sovereign powers.
We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.
Often, those who benefit most from globalization have used their political power to further undermine the position of workers.
Don't let capitalism undermine your soul.
"Old demons are reawakening, ready to sow chaos and death," warned Macron. "History sometimes threatens to repeat its tragic patterns and undermine the legacy of peace we thought we had sealed with the blood of our ancestors."
Let's not do anything to undermine Tom.
Nothing could undermine Algeria's strategic ties with Russia.
Yanni didn't want to undermine Skura's Islamic faith.
These actions are an abuse of power and fundamentally undermine the rule of law.
He's trying to undermine our authority.

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