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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fire weakened" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a situation where fire has lost its intensity or strength, often in a metaphorical or literal context. Example: "After hours of rain, the once raging fire weakened to a mere flicker."
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Three floors collapsed after the blasts and a separate fire weakened the structure of the vaulted, marble-tiled building.
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Palestinian officials said the militants' rejection of Egypt's proposal for a cease-fire weakened Mr. Qurei's position for any talks with Mr. Sharon on core political issues, like Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
Steadily, the fires weakened the structure of the towers.
Health experts warned that the elderly, asthmatics and anyone with respiratory problems should take great care not to inhale the fumes, which they expected to worsen as the fires weakened and were unable to force the smoke so high.
It will be easy enough to summon answers for the matter-of-fact questions — Because they were trying to kill the people in the buildings, and scare everyone else; Because they were angry about certain things America had done; Because the fires weakened the steel that held the towers up — but what about the broken contract?
It will be easy enough to summon answers for the matter-of-fact questions Because they were trying to kill the people in the buildings, and scare everyone else; Because they were angry about certain things America had done; Because the fires weakened the steel that held the towers up but what about the broken contract?
THE NEWS A federal team of investigators reported that the 7 World Trade Center building, which collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, was brought down by a raging fire that weakened its structure, not by explosives or other causes.
Major accidents -- the collapse of a bridge in southern Connecticut, a tire fire that weakened an overpass near Philadelphia in 1996 -- can tangle traffic and commerce throughout an entire region for weeks.
Lenku initially said that the mattress fire structurally weakened the mall, causing its collapse.
The fire either weakened in intensity or had been subdued by firefighters by 1 p.m. that day.
Engineers and architects have learned to design tall buildings that resist earthquakes, and they should be able to better protect buildings and their inhabitants from the sort of intense fires that weakened the World Trade Center structures.
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