make sb powerless

Frequency: 7.04.5 per million words

To actively cause someone to become powerless.

powerlessVERB + ADJECTIVE

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make sb

Examples (10)

  • The dictator's policies were designed to make his opponents powerless.
  • Her emotional manipulation can make anyone powerless against her will.
  • The new regulations will make small businesses powerless to compete.
  • He tried to make me feel powerless by constantly criticizing my ideas.
  • Lack of information can make citizens powerless to influence policy.
  • Their strategy was to make the enemy powerless through economic sanctions.
  • Don't let fear make you powerless; stand up for yourself.
  • The sudden illness seemed to make her completely powerless to move.
  • By seizing control of resources, they aimed to make the populace powerless.
  • A truly oppressive system seeks to make individuals powerless over their own lives.