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Definition
weaken gradually
- So do not allow any temporary excitement to distract you from the real business of undermining faith and preventing the formation of virtues.Chapter 5 (32% in)
- He has undermined many a soul's Christianity.Chapter 16 (43% in)
- I wish Slumtrimpet could do something about undermining that young woman's sense of the ridiculous, Your affectionate uncle SCREWTAPEChapter 26 (99% in)
There are no more uses of "undermine" in The Screwtape Letters.
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