weaken

Object

• muscle: Certain injuries may also weaken a muscle or joint, leaving it vulnerable.
• bond: However, epoxy bonding is less reliable, and temperature cycling over wide temperature extremes can weaken the bond.
• credibility: The issue of bias and self-interest does not weaken the credibility of these witnesses ' testimony, it strengthens it.
• grip: It is also highly functional: the hand closes around a triangular bottle, while round bottles open the hand and weaken the grip.
• empire: Refusal to honor the gods was seen as an act of treachery, weakening the empire at the hour of its greatest need.
• democracy: Delivering services better is a good idea but not at the expense of weakening democracy.

Subject

• hunger: And some families already weakened by hunger have lost their homes, animals and winter crops to floods.
• lack: The New Driver Act is weakened by the lack of accompanying P plates.

Modifying Another Word

• fatally: The aorta may be fatally weakened by a lack of mature elastin in animals deprived of dietary copper.
• severely: We will be left with a severely weakened squad.
• gravely: And if they are divided when that moment comes it will gravely weaken their bargaining power vis-a-vis Iraq and the rest of the world.
• considerably: Polyester fibers exposed to UV radiation will be considerably weakened over time.
• seriously: The loss of these two arsenals seriously weakened the Chinese capacity to wage war.
• progressively: The disease progressively weakens all muscles, notably respiratory muscles, compromising life expectancy.

Used with why or when

• when: This is because the consumer will often be ill and weakened when they use the product.

Present participle complement

• exist: On the other hand, new small scale supermarkets placed elsewhere could draw trade and weaken existing local centers.

Preposition: of

• muscle: Stress incontinence is usually the result of weakening of the muscles in the pelvic floor that surround the bladder.

Preposition: by

• hunger: And some families already weakened by hunger have lost their homes, animals and winter crops to floods.
• lack: The New Driver Act is weakened by the lack of accompanying P plates.
• loss: The visitors were weakened by the loss of club captain Shane Nicholson and former Forest centre-back Steve Blatherwick, both still sidelined with injuries.