Both Uses of
undermine
in
The Crucible
- The analogy, however, seems to falter when one considers that, while there were no witches then, there are Communists and capitalists now, and in each camp there is certain proof that spies of each side are at work undermining the other.†
p. 35.3 *undermining = weakening gradually
- DANFORTH: There lurks nowhere in your heart, nor hidden in your spirit, any desire to undermine this court?†
p. 90.1undermine = weaken gradually