weaken
Use Weaken in a sentence
kən verb (used with object)
2.
Phonetics. to change (a speech sound) to an articulation requiring less effort, as from geminate to nongeminate or from stop to fricative.
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Weaken
is always a great word to know.
So is bilabial. Does it mean:
| the audible result of an utterance or portion of an utterance |
| produced with the lips close together or touching |
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weaken (ˈwiːkən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to become or cause to become weak or weaker | |
| 'weakener | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Fossils weaken the strength of cut stone and many people discard them outright.
But the abrupt arrests of many of them threatened to weaken their challenge.
These holes can be so large that they weaken smaller trees or even cause them to break in half.
Perhaps he is hurrying to get the job done before his polls weaken any further.
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