unterlaufen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- eviscerate verb To take out the internal organs of a body.
- subvert verb To weaken or destroy an established system, authority, or institution, often secretly.
- undermine verb To weaken support or confidence gradually, often secretly.
Senses
unterlaufen is used for these senses in English:
- eviscerate (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
- subvert (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
- undermine (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.]
eviscerate — full definition
- verb To take out the internal organs of a body.
- verb To weaken something so much that it loses its force.
- verb To draw out the central point of something.
- verb To take an organ, or what is inside it, out of the body.
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