The first scoffs at people's attempts to cope with trauma once they've already been traumatised; the second undermines their efforts to avoid being traumatised in the first place.
The Industrial Revolution of the 19th century first undermined the dominance of Welsh in Wales: English-speaking workers were brought into the mines and factories in such numbers that they could not be absorbed linguistically.
Undercover judges planted as agitators in the crowd first undermined morale by defeatist talk, and then incited violence by throwing things at uniformed judges, giving Dredd the excuse he needed to send in riot squads to break up the March and make arrests.
In the first, speed undermines precision; in the second, brevity destroys form.
To spread the worm, an attacker must first undermine the firmware on a Mac by sending malware through a phishing email or link.
Issuing individual notices may create speculation and attention that could be more damaging than the information was in the first place, undermining information sedimentation.
What followed the battle was a chain of events—of which the battle was the first link that undermined the Empire in the years to come.
The first, although undermined by a short follow-up period of 4 years and some cross treatment between local ablative therapy and local resection, showed similar results in terms of survival and disease-free survival, although there was a higher complication rate with surgery.
"The eighth amendment undermines the status of the Irish constitution.
In one of the book's many slow-rumbling ironies, the second section undermines the veracity of these expertly drawn memories, as Tony reopens his relationship with Veronica, a woman he had previously edited out of his life story.
