Sentence examples for critically weaken from inspiring English sources

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

An acquittal would critically weaken the justification for the uprising that removed him.The ex-president still has the sympathy of a many poor Filipinos who believed in his election promise to deliver them from poverty.

This helps to critically weaken the base of the plate and increases the impact that mantle plumes have on the cold plate.

If Assad falls, Iran is critically weakened.

The press and political analysts in Peru increasingly say Mr. Toledo may be critically weakened.

President Robert Mugabe, who chaired the 1997 Cites meeting in Harare that critically weakened international measures to protect elephants, would be attending the South Africa session too.

However, the announcement in October was also seen as evidence that ETA had already been critically weakened by the crackdown led by Spanish and French security forces.

The junta says it had to restore order after half a year of political turmoil left dozens dead and the government critically weakened.

Of course, this comparison is far too simplistic, but it does dispel the common consensus that Wenger's decision to let the Dutch striker leave the Emirates has critically weakened his team.

The government's aggression is partly prompted by its perception that the Tigers have been critically weakened in the multi-ethnic east of the country by the rebellion in 2004 of their commander there.

Critically weakened by artillery during their approach, formations hopelessly tangled, lacking reinforcement, and under savage attack from three sides, the Southerners retreated, leaving 19 battle flags and hundreds of prisoners.