"weaken" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

weaken verbo

weaken + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 33
weaken one's position • weaken one's ability • weaken the system • weaken the power • weaken bones • ...
verbo + weaken
Kolokacji: 6
begin to weaken • continue to weaken • begin weakening • cause to weaken • help weaken • ...
weaken + preposición
Kolokacji: 21
weakened by • weaken in • weaken with • weaken to • weaken over • ...
weaken + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 45
further weaken • severely weakened • greatly weakened • rapidly weaken • significantly weaken • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
(5) considerably, substantially
Kolokacji: 2
  • These actions permanently weakened the church as a political force.
  • If the tax measures taken lead to the flight of capital from Europe, we will be permanently weakened.
  • Along with the 4,000 men that had died during the campaign, almost 12,000 were still ill by February 1810 and many others remained permanently weakened.
  • This system threatens to permanently weaken liberal democracy in Russia itself.
  • Her health permanently weakened, she died of influenza during the worldwide epidemic a little over a year later in 1919.
  • Then, in 2001, she suffered a heart attack that left her heart permanently weakened.
  • Although attempts were made at preservation, rot had already set in, and the tree was permanently weakened.
  • Kennedy was permanently weakened by his illness, and it led to his death a few years later.
  • Her right hand and leg were weakened permanently, and to walk any distance she needed a cane.
  • But what can Americans do to prevent a third party from permanently weakening our stable two-party system between elections?
(8) sharply, clearly
Kolokacji: 2

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