beef up, escalate, fortify, intensify, step up, strengthen

erode, undermine, strengthen, depress, diminish, worsen, undercut, constrain, destabilize, cripple, complicate, intensify, hinder, deteriorate, hamper, exacerbate, embolden, dilute, harden, marginalize, dampen, bolster, threaten, aggravate, soften, destroy, entrench, endanger, imperil, impair, derail, slacken, disrupt, constrict, decimate, debilitate, disintegrate, tarnish, devastate, unsettle, jeopardize, deplete, stymie, impede, scuttle, curtail, heighten, devalue, distort, solidify, stifle, dissipate, devaluate, fortify, deepen, stabilize, backfire, restrengthen, reinforce, deflate, inhibit, stiffen, shrink, affect, inflame, prolong, wane, improve, enfeeble, precipitate, scupper, steepen, paralyze, emasculate, flatten, negate, persist, crumble, lessen, enhance, vitiate, polarize, degrade, preempt, alter, normalize, accelerate, hurt, crimp, roil, tighten, unpeg, attenuate, frustrate, galvanize, escalate, embitter, corrode, stoke, loosen, falter, eviscerate

attenuate, blunt, blur, break, collapse, cripple, cut, dampen, de-energize, deafen, debilitate, depress, derail, devitalise, devitalize, die down, dilute, dim, drain, dull, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, fade, fade out, languish, lessen, loosen, neutralize, nullify, pall, pine away, rarefy, reduce, relax, season, shake, slack, slacken, slow, slow down, slow up, slur, subside, temper, thin, thin out, unbrace, wash out, waste, wilt

american mistletoe, attenuate, attrition, break, enervate, grigori efimovich rasputin, phoradendron flavescens, phoradendron serotinum, rarefy, rasputin

blunt, deaden, decrease, disobey, lessen, minify

break, counteract, countermine, damp, dampen, de-escalate, sabotage, soften, step down, subvert, undermine