All 5 Uses of
undermine
in
War and Peace
- Equally right or wrong is he who says that Napoleon went to Moscow because he wanted to, and perished because Alexander desired his destruction, and he who says that an undermined hill weighing a million tons fell because the last navvy struck it for the last time with his mattock.†
Chpt 9
- To them it is only a moment affording opportunities to undermine a rival and obtain an extra cross or ribbon.†
Chpt 10 *
- …and the chief of the hospitals asks where the wounded are to go, and a courier from Petersburg brings a letter from the sovereign which does not admit of the possibility of abandoning Moscow, and the commander in chief's rival, the man who is undermining him (and there are always not merely one but several such), presents a new project diametrically opposed to that of turning to the Kaluga road, and the commander in chief himself needs sleep and refreshment to maintain his energy and a…†
Chpt 11
- A was undermining B, D was undermining C, and so on in all possible combinations and permutations.†
Chpt 13
- A was undermining B, D was undermining C, and so on in all possible combinations and permutations.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
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(undermine) weaken gradually