undermine
verb (used with object)
to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
underminer
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a word derived from
undermine.
Example Sentences
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He could serve as a pet, a provocateur or a sob sister; a servile, wince-inducing stereotype or a sly underminer of various heterosexual norms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Second and more befuddling, if you have lost substantial weight, “Biggest Loser” style, exercise likely will be both ally and underminer in your efforts to keep those pounds at bay.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 19, 2021
Fox stressed that he was outraged, not at Darroch, but at the unknown leaker, whom he called an “unpatriotic” underminer of the relationship between the United States and Britain.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2019
Assange, who is praised in some circles for exposing government secrets and castigated by others as an underminer of some nations' security, offered Damore a job.
From Reuters ● Aug. 8, 2017
The imputed one of the war does not appear to me sufficient, though the drawback from all by the income-tax is severely an underminer of comfort.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
