DISEMPOWER Synonyms

• take away the enthusiasm of

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated

• a dense crowd of people

• temporary love of an adolescent

• the act of crushing

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• break into small pieces

• humiliate or depress completely

• crush or bruise

• make ineffective

• become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure

• make weak

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

• remove the value from; deprive of its value

• lower the value or quality of

• lose in value

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• take apart into its constituent pieces

• take off or remove

• make weak

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer

• a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

• deplete

• excavate the earth beneath

• put down by force or intimidation

• bring under control by force or authority

• hold within limits and control

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• correct by punishment or discipline

• put down by force or intimidation

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping

• a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of