undermine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: undermine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for undermine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
undermine v destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" Synonym(s): sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks" Synonym(s): cave, undermine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Undermine \Un`dermine"\, v. t. 1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine* a wall. A vast rock undermined from one end to the other, and a highway running through it. --Addison. 2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. He should be warned who are like to undermine him. --Locke.