undermine

English - Turkish

Definition of undermine in English Turkish dictionary: 1. (yavaş yavaş/sinsice) zarar vermek: Years of dissipation had undermined his health. Yıllarca süren sefahat sağlığına zarar vermişti. Their; kuyusunu kazmak; el altından mahvına çalışmak; {f} baltalamak; altındaki toprağı oymak; altını oymak; yıkmak; altını kaz; el altından çökertmeye çalışmak; temelini çürütmek; (Askeri) BALTALAMAK; TEMELİNİ ÇÜRÜTMEK; (Askeri) Bir duvarı yıkmak için altını kazmak, lağım; {f} altını kazmak; {f} sarsmak; (Hukuk) yavaş yavaş yok etmek
undermining: altını oyma
undermining: oyulma
undermining: {i} boşveriş
undermining: afuyman
undermining: {f} boşver
undermining: boşvererek
undermining: zarar
Uyku eksikliği gizliden gizliye onun sağlığına zarar veriyordu. - Lack of sleep was undermining her health.

English - English

Definition of undermine in English English dictionary: hinder, sabotage
The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.; To dig, tunnel, hollow out as if making a cave or opening; 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; 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 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
undermine a process: sabotage a procedure, disrupt a proceeding
undermine an ability: sabotage a skill, damage an ability
undermine an effort: sabotage an attempt
underminer: {n} one that saps, a secret enemy
To undermine: undergrub
undermined: past of undermine
underminer: {i} that which or one who undermines; saboteur, subversive, one who weakens by underhanded means
underminer: One who undermines
undermines: third-person singular of undermine
undermining: Present participle of to undermine
undermining: {i} digging under; slowly or gradually causing weakness or damage