1. (verb)weaken lessen the strength of "The fever weakened his body"
2. (verb)weaken become weaker "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"
3. (verb)sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken destroy property or hinder normaloperations "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
4. (verb)de-escalate, weaken, step down reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of "de-escalate a crisis"
5. (verb)dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break lessen in force or effect "soften a shock"; "break a fall"