undermine

Rivers undermine their banks.

A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.

this could undermine years of hard work.

Nothing can undermine their fast friendship.

The soldiers undermined the wall.

Water has undermined the stone foundations.

Late hours can undermine one's health.

Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.

Illness undermined his strength.

Insults undermined her confidence.

She tried to undermine our friendship.

These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police.

a crazy building, sapped and undermined by the rats.

Many severe colds undermined the old man's health.

The President's enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.

Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position.

his uncle's austerities had undermined his health.

the novel undermines its own stated project of telling a story.

Pursuing one's own absolute security can only undermine global strategic stability.

Over the past two decades, however, that notion has been undermined.

And it's going to completely undermine education as we know it.

Without that, without that trust I think the agency is completely undermined.

Russia's actions, it said, undermined the basic security of Europe.

But a bombing like this in Kabul can really undermine all of that.

Well, some economists worry that higher wages could undermine the fight against inflation.

Such actions seriously undermined regional peace and stability.

Mr.Kobe said this was a fundamentally undermining the prospects for a two-state solution.

Depriving individuals of this choice undermines their autonomy and dignity.