"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
(9) Russia, Iraq, Empire
Kolokacji: 3
1. weaken Iraq = osłab Irak weaken Iraq
2. weaken Russia = osłab Rosję weaken Russia
3. weaken the Empire = osłab Imperium weaken the Empire
  • It would eventually kill about 5 million people, and severely weaken the Empire.
  • However, the manner of replacement might itself weaken the Empire desperately.
  • The subsequent period, ending around 1000, saw the further growth of feudalism, which weakened the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Weaken the Empire too much, and they might just walk in and wipe us out.
  • The civil war further weakened the declining Empire, which had already suffered several devastating civil wars earlier in the century.
  • The devastation of the 1341-1347 civil war so greatly weakened the Empire that its financial reserves were irrevocably depleted.
  • Such stupidity and shortsightedness were what weakened the Empire twenty years ago.
  • However, there was a strong outcry by the opposition that this would weaken the British Empire in a time of need.
  • This was seen in some quarters in France and elsewhere as an opportunity to weaken the Empire by playing son against father.
  • But the battle also weakened the already fragile Western Roman Empire, which collapsed 25 years later, in 476.
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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