Antonyms for strengthen
ˈstrɛŋk θən, ˈstrɛŋ-, ˈstrɛn-strength·en

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1. strengthenverb

   Antonyms:
   atrophy

2. strengthenverb

   Antonyms:
   atrophy

3. strengthenverb

   Antonyms:
   atrophy

4. strengthenverb

   Antonyms:
   atrophy

5. strengthenverb

   Antonyms:
   atrophy

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1. strengthen

   Confirm (Latin con, together, and firmus, firm) is to add firmness or give stability to. Both confirm and corroborate presuppose something already existing to which the confirmation or corroboration is added. Testimony is corroborated by concurrent testimony or by circumstances; confirmed by established facts. That which is thoroughly proved is said to be established; so is that which is official and has adequate power behind it; as, the established government; the established church. The continents are fixed. A treaty is ratified; an appointment confirmed. An act is sanctioned by any person or authority that passes upon it approvingly. A statement is substantiated; a report confirmed; a controversy settled; the decision of a lower court sustained by a higher. Just government should be upheld. The beneficent results of Christianity confirm our faith in it as a divine revelation.

   Antonyms:
   abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, overthrow, shake, shatter, unsettle, upset, weaken

   Synonyms:
   assure, confirm, corroborate, establish, fix, prove, ratify, sanction, settle, substantiate, sustain, uphold

   Preposition:
   Confirm a statement by testimony; confirm a person in a belief.

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1. strengthen

   Antonyms:
   weaken, disestablish, shake, loosen, sap, undermine, debilitate, diminish

   Synonyms:
   confirm, establish, fix, corroborate, secure, invigorate, fortify, increase

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1. strengthen, beef up, fortifyverb

   make strong or stronger

   "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

   Antonyms:
   weaken

   Synonyms:
   tone, tone up, fortify, gird, build up, fort, spike, arm, beef up, lace

2. strengthenverb

   gain strength

   "His body strengthened"

   Antonyms:
   weaken

   Synonyms:
   tone up, fortify, tone, beef up

3. tone, tone up, strengthenverb

   give a healthy elasticity to

   "Let's tone our muscles"

   Antonyms:
   weaken

   Synonyms:
   intone, tone, tone up, inflect, fortify, modulate, beef up, chant

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1. strengthenverb

   Synonyms:
   invigorate, brace, nerve, steel, fortify, harden, intensify, heighten, confirm, corroborate, sustain

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1. athrophy

   Submitted by anonymous on September 6, 2020  

How to use strengthen in a sentence?

1. Kevin McCarthy:

   For the sake of our country, the radical Democrat agenda must be stopped, a united conservative movement will strengthen the bonds of our citizens and uphold the freedoms our country was founded on.

2. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz:

   I will always remember the work we did to strengthen our alliance, the moving experience of traveling to Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor together, and the grace he and his wife Akie Abe showed to me and Michelle.

3. European Commission:

   Foreign policy should give particular priority to partners and initiatives crucial to EU efforts to strengthen the diversification of EU energy sources.

4. President Obama:

   The talent and expertise Vice Admiral Neffenger brings to his new role after more than three decades at the U.S. Coast Guard will be valuable to this Administration's efforts to strengthen transportation security, he has been a recognized leader in the face of our nation's important challenges, and I am grateful for his service. I look forward to working with him in the months ahead.

5. Johnny Lau:

   A trade war has also broken out between China and the United States. China hopes to team up with Germany against the United States, now China has made use of an opportunity to do Germany a favor so as to strengthen the Sino-German relationship.

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