undermining

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

The act or process by which something is undermined.

Verb

present participle and gerund of undermine

undermine

1. To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
2. (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
3. To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water.
4. To regard an object as the sum of the parts that compose it, in object-oriented ontology.

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Concepts

sapement

Synonymes

blowing up

disruption

weakening

disrupting

explosive

injury

mine

rocking

sap

shaking

🫨

shattering

subversion

subversive

supplanting

treachery

undercut

undercutting

blasting

underscouring

demolition

detriment

Traductions

untergrabend

Unterspülung

Umsturz

Umwälzung

Subversion

Untergrabung

Unter-waschung

Unterhöhlung

υπομόνευση

sovvertimento

eversione

sovversione

subversão

escalo

subversión