[くつがえす, kutsugaesu] (v5s, vt) to overturn; to upset; to overthrow; to undermine; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Undermine \Un`der*mine"\, v. t.
1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially
for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to
form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
[1913 Webster]
A vast rock undermined from one end to the other,
and a highway running through it. --Addison.
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2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by
clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to
undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the
state.
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He should be warned who are like to undermine him.
--Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
undermine
v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The
Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
[syn: {sabotage}, {undermine}, {countermine}, {counteract},
{subvert}, {weaken}]
2: hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was
caving the banks" [syn: {cave}, {undermine}]
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High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
