Long
Weaken
Weaken verb - To diminish the physical strength of.
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- If you can keep away from them long enough to weaken them into being vulnerable in melee, you can keep away for long enough to finish them off.
Source: Hit-and-Run Tactics -
Though, when they awaken, they eat human flesh regularly, but can go without for a long time (several years), but it does weaken them...
Source: Perpetual-Motion Monster - Not long after, however, Kimblee emerges from the thousands of tormented souls trapped within Pride to distract and weaken him at a key moment.
Source: Too Spicy for Yog Sothoth
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Weaken and Long. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/weaken
Long & Weaken. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/weaken>.
Weaken or Long. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/long/weaken.
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