bir duvarı yıkmak için altını kazmak, lağım

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von bir duvarı yıkmak için altını kazmak, lağım im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch

(Askeri) undermine

{v} to sap, injure secretly, destroy, ruin

to subvert in an underhand way

Fig

hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

If you undermine someone or undermine their position or authority, you make their authority or position less secure, often by indirect methods. She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company

hinder, sabotage

destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

If you undermine someone's efforts or undermine their chances of achieving something, you behave in a way that makes them less likely to succeed. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement. to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective

If you undermine something such as a feeling or a system, you make it less strong or less secure than it was before, often by a gradual process or by repeated efforts. Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government

To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state

{f} dig under, dig under the foundations of; slowly weaken or injure; sabotage, subvert

To dig, tunnel, hollow out as if making a cave or opening

To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall

Silbentrennung

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