to undermine

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von to undermine im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

1. (yavaş yavaş/sinsice) zarar vermek: Years of dissipation had undermined his health. Yıllarca süren sefahat sağlığına zarar vermişti. Their

kuyusunu kazmak

(Hukuk) yavaş yavaş yok etmek

el altından mahvına çalışmak

{f} baltalamak

altındaki toprağı oymak

altını oymak

temelini çürütmek

yıkmak

altını kaz

el altından çökertmeye çalışmak

(Askeri) BALTALAMAK; TEMELİNİ ÇÜRÜTMEK

(Askeri) Bir duvarı yıkmak için altını kazmak, lağım

{f} altını kazmak

{f} sarsmak

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von to undermine im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

undergrub

to subvert in an underhand way

{v} to sap, injure secretly, destroy, ruin

Fig

hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods. She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company

hinder, sabotage

destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement. to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective

If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts. Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government

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

{f} dig under, dig under the foundations of; slowly weaken or injure; sabotage, subvert

To dig, tunnel, hollow out as if making a cave or opening

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

undergird

Silbentrennung

to un·der·mine

Türkische aussprache

tı ʌndırmayn

Aussprache

/tə ˈəndərˌmīn/ /tə ˈʌndɜrˌmaɪn/