"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 • ...
(3) system, muscle
Kolokacji: 2
(4) bone, case, argument
Kolokacji: 3
(5) resolve, NATO
Kolokacji: 2
(7) defense, institution
Kolokacji: 2
  • "I certainly hope we're not going to weaken our defenses any more than they already are," he said.
  • The prolonged war with Iraq has weakened the country's defenses.
  • A number of steps have been taken to weaken Baghdad's defenses.
  • They'd weakened their defenses to put as much as they could into Virginia, and not all the men who'd gone were back.
  • Or it may ward off depression and anxiety, which can weaken a body's defenses.
  • Jessica gave in to him, her concern weakening her defenses.
  • This high rate of mutation also weakened the virus's defenses.
  • He voted for additional measures both large and small to cut military spending and further weaken our national defenses.
  • Almost no one said Mr. Bush would weaken the nation's defenses.
  • "That will weaken our defenses along the road to Waaaarcrick," the aide protested.
2. weaken institutions = osłab instytucje weaken institutions
(9) Russia, Iraq, Empire
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...

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