fatally undermine
Frequency: 5.84.1 per million words
to weaken or damage something so badly that it cannot recover or succeed
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- The scandal could fatally undermine the politician's career.
- His poor decision might fatally undermine the company's reputation.
- Such a defeat would fatally undermine their chances of winning the championship.
- The lack of public trust threatens to fatally undermine the new policy.
- Years of neglect began to fatally undermine the bridge's structural integrity.
- Internal conflicts can fatally undermine the unity of an organization.
- The discovery of the fraud fatally undermined the CEO's authority.
- Criticism, if unchecked, can fatally undermine an artist's confidence.
- Their repeated failures will fatally undermine investor confidence.
- A single misstep could fatally undermine the entire peace process.