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• n  becoming weaker
• n  the act of reducing the strength of something
• v  lessen the strength of
• v  become weaker
• v  destroy property or hinder normal operations
• v  reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of
• v  lessen in force or effect
• s  causing debilitation
• s  moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• Already the British, watching the weakening of their old German customer, were complaining.
• For an audience reared on the bubble-gum, lip-gloss standards of Chinese girl pop, Li's disregard for the rule book produced an unfamiliar knee-weakening.
• When the drum says: "A nto ane jomolo, jomolo (He is as weakening, weakening)," it means a tribesman is very ill.

• weaken
• sabotage
• undermine
• countermine
• counteract
• subvert
• de-escalate
• step down
• dampen
• damp
• soften
• break
• debilitative
• enervating
• enfeebling

• strengthening
• strengthen
• escalate

News & Articles

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• Brent Oil May Fall to $90 Prompting Output Cut, Mostaque Says
  Brent crude may fall to $90 a barrel in coming months on signs that the global economy is weakening, prompting some Middle East nations to cut production, according to Noah Capital Markets EMEA Ltd.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Gold Swings Near 2-Week Low as Investors Weigh Stimulus, Dollar
  Gold swung between gains and losses near a two-week low in London as investors weighed speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve will curb stimulus against a weakening dollar.
  June 12, 2013 - Bloomberg
• 26.6% Drop for April U.S. Machine Tool Orders
  Robert Brooks Weakening demand drags machine tool orders off pace New orders for machine tools and related technology fell 26.6% in the U.S. during April, to $372.50 million after a revised total of $507.2 million for March. read more
  June 11, 2013 - Industry Week

Quotes

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• President Bush in 940 News
  There's serious signs that ...... the economy is weakening and that we've got to do something about it,Bush said.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Seattle Medium
  In a recent interview with USA Today Clinton said that she had a much broader base and that, "Senator Obama's support among working, hard working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and whites in both (North Carolina and Indiana) are...
• Rupert Murdoch in Reuters
  While we anticipated a weakening, the downturn is more severe and likely longer lasting than previously thought,Murdoch, the company's chairman and chief executive, said in a statement. "We are implementing rigorous cost-cutting across all...