Synonyms for weakens
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1. List of paraphrases for "weakens":

   undermines, weaken, erodes, undercuts, dilutes, diminishes

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1. Chris Stewart:

   I don't believe that for a second. I don't believe Russian President Vladimir Putin is being honest, i think Russian President Vladimir Putin is doing what Russian President Vladimir Putin does, and that's how can Russian President Vladimir Putin weaken this President, ironically. How Russian President Vladimir Putin weakens this President is saying,' Yeah, this is my guy.'.

2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau:

   A feeble body weakens the mind.

3. Maya MacGuineas:

   This is an urgent problem because one, we don't know when it will turn into an economic problem, interest rates, inflation, currency, any of those issues. But most importantly it weakens every other vulnerability we have, whether it's in competition with China, whether it's to cyber or terrorist attacks, whether it's dealing with national emergencies or natural disasters, it leaves us vulnerable.

4. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.

5. Goldman Sachs:

   We continue to view a coordinated production cut as highly unlikely and ultimately self-defeating, despite the sharp bounce in oil prices, we do not expect such a cut will occur unless global growth weakens sharply from current levels, which is not our economists' forecast.