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weaken

English

Etymology

weak +? -en

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?wik?n/
  • Rhymes: -i?k?n

Verb

weaken (third-person singular simple present weakens, present participle weakening, simple past and past participle weakened)

  1. (transitive) To make weaker or less strong.
  2. (intransitive) To become weaker or less strong.

Translations

weaken From the web:

  • what weakens the immune system
  • what weakened the league of nations
  • what weakens coral exoskeletons
  • what weakens a hurricane
  • what weakened the asante kingdom
  • what weakened the soviet union
  • what weakened the roman empire
  • what weakened the position of isolationists in 1940


disqualify

English

Etymology

From dis- +? qualify

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?kw?l?fa?/

Verb

disqualify (third-person singular simple present disqualifies, present participle disqualifying, simple past and past participle disqualified)

  1. (transitive) To make ineligible for something.
    My age disqualifies me for the position.
  2. (transitive) To exclude from consideration by the explicit revocation of a previous qualification.
    The athlete was disqualified after performance-enhancing drugs were found in his hotel room.

Related terms

  • disqualification

Translations

disqualify From the web:

  • what disqualify you from donating plasma
  • what disqualify you from getting a stimulus check
  • what disqualify you from getting a passport
  • what disqualify you from donating blood
  • what disqualify you from second stimulus check
  • what disqualify you from joining the army
  • what disqualify you from getting a gun
  • what disqualifies you from unemployment
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