undermine

== English == === Etymology === From under- +‎ mine. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.dəˈmaɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.dɚˈmaɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn === Verb === undermine (third-person singular simple present undermines, present participle undermining, simple past and past participle undermined) To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.] (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.] Synonyms: corrode, undercut To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water. (philosophy) To regard an object as the sum of the parts that compose it, in object-oriented ontology. Coordinate term: overmine ==== Antonyms ==== undergird ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “undermine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “undermine”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “undermine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “undermine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === unermined