Weaken meaning

What does “weaken” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“weaken” is a verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: lessen the strength of.

weaken

lessen the strength of
“The fever weakened his body”
Oppositesstrengthen
become weaker
“The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days”
Oppositesstrengthen
destroy property or hinder normal operations
“The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war”
Synonymssabotage undermine countermine counteract subvert
reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
“de-escalate a crisis”
Synonymsde-escalate step down
lessen in force or effect
“soften a shock”
“break a fall”
Synonymsdampen damp soften break

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University