Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which weakens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, weakens.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person who, or thing that
weakens
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun that which weakens or causes a loss of strength
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Examples
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Mr Evans, a VIP chauffeur from Macclesfield, Cheshire, suggested the eight letter word "weakener" but he was found to be short of a necessary third ''e''.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew Hough 2012
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Mr Evans, a VIP chauffeur from Macclesfield, Cheshire, suggested the eight letter word "weakener" but he was found to be short of a necessary third ''e''.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Andrew Hough 2012
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If the dollar drops to below 83 yen from 85.42 currently, the Bank of Japan could inject more cash into the banking system, a yen weakener, Nomura's currency strategist Taisuke Tanaka notes.
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S: This, and that Allah is the weakener of the struggle of the unbelievers.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side Abdullah Yusuf Ali 1902
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The constant looking backward to what might have been, instead of forward to what may be, is a great weakener of self-confidence.
The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities William George Jordan 1896
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