About The Word Undermine
Learn about the word Undermine to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Undermine definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Undermine
| Undermine Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Undermine?
[v] hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"
[v] destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" Synonyms | Synonyms for Undermine: cave | counteract | countermine | sabotage | subvert | weaken Related Terms | Find terms related to Undermine: See Also | core out | derail | disobey | hollow | hollow out | sap Undermine In Webster's Dictionary \Un`der*mine"\, v. t.
1. 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.
A vast rock undermined from one end to the other,
and a highway running through it. --Addison.
2. 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.
He should be warned who are like to undermine him.
--Locke.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Trustee-beneficiary relation ‐ the responsibility of a trustee to act in the best interests…
- Disjointedness ‐ lacking order or…
- Hard-to-please(a) ‐ of persons; "his father was a hard-to-please taskmaster"; "was…
- Radioactive waste ‐ useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory…
- Inclementness ‐ weather unsuitable for outdoor…
- Atmospheric pressure ‐ the pressure exerted by the…
- Patriarchal ‐ characteristic of a…
- Brickwork ‐ masonry done with bricks…
- Sedateness ‐ a trait of dignified…
- Kalian ‐ a pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where…