Support and Undermine

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Support verb - To provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea).

Usage example: studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer

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Undermine is an antonym for support in topics: defend, hold up.

Undermine verb - Destroy property or hinder normal operations.

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Support is an antonym for undermine in weaken topic.

Nearby Word: undermining

effort	support effort	undermine effort
work	support work	undermine work
people	support people	undermine people
role	support role	undermine role
Other words: marriage, relationship, case, campaign, plan, rule, economy, government, story, empire, actions, side, existence, forces, efforts, claims.

Mook Horror Show: Drizzt attempts to undermine King Obould's support by killing groups of orcs trying to join his army.

Source: Literature / The Hunter's Blades Trilogy
Debatable. Avon shows some traits of this, but on numerous occasions he goes beyond sarcasm and into power games, trying to undermine the crew's support for Blake.

Source: Sarcastic Devotee
With the help of ADVENT defectors and resistance fighters, this new XCOM leads an insurgency to undermine the alien occupiers and rally support to take back the planet.

Source: Grand Unified Timeline / The Rest Of The Twenty First Century

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