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was undermine
verb
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage or for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
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Like Gordon Gekko with his trading on insider information what Tom Hayes did was undermine the integrity of financial markets.
While the skincare company was probably trying to use this PE firm as negotiating leverage, all it did was undermine the entrepreneur's credibility.
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But he was undermined by bad knees.
I felt I was undermining their lives.
But then Chilcot himself was undermined.
Honeywell was undermining its own innovation efforts.
Sunstein wondered whether the Internet was undermining all this.
The process, at that point, was undermined".
His health was undermined by diabetes.
Many felt he was undermining Muslim values.
Has my authority been undermined?
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