It is stated and proven in a few episodes that destroying the horn will critically weaken if not destroy a mecha oni.

In the domestic-abuse case that prompted the inquiry, Judge Duckman critically weakened an order of protection against the suspect before releasing him on bail over prosecutors' objections, the report said.

The global economic situation suffers further crises which critically weaken the UK economy.

With their help, the United States and its allies critically weakened the fourth-largest army in the world while suffering surprisingly light casualties during the month of the air war.

They made no threat of air strikes against Bosnian Serb positions, and they critically weakened their comment that lifting the arms embargo "could become unavoidable" by describing such a step as "a last resort."

The Great Northern War, a period seen by the contemporaries as a passing eclipse, may have been the decisive blow that critically weakened the Noble Republic.

Radiation poisoning has already critically weakened him.

Late last year, top E.P.A. officials announced a new pollution enforcement policy that seemed likely to critically weaken the pending lawsuits.

This opposition of the king critically weakened de Broqueville's stance among members of his cabinet.

This solved a problem found during the design where when surfacing, the gasket which had been compressed by 20-30% decompressed slower than the pressure on the caseback, critically weakening the seal.