Weakening definition

An instance or process of loss of strength.
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Present participle of weaken.
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(uncountable, mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.
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Noun

Singular:
weakening
Plural:
weakenings

Weakening Sentence Examples

  • It was a sign that her power was weakening, just like the cracking of the sky in the underworld's dome.

  • A man in a robe hurried down the hall as the beast battered itself against the weakening cell.

  • I feel my body weakening - -it refuses to heal me this time, now that it's chosen its successor, as my father said it would!

  • The same year he supported the Triennial Bill, but opposed the new treason bill as weakening the hands of the executive.

  • Large doses also depress the nervous system, weakening the anterior horns of grey matter in the spinal cord so as ultimately to cause complete paralysis, and also causing a partial insensibility of the cutaneous nerves of touch and pain.

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