BOLSTERINGS Antonyms

• making or willing to make concessions

• vulnerable to danger especially of discredit or suspicion

• becoming smaller or less or appearing to do so

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• preventing movement

• an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

• preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• use up (resources or materials)

• make worse or less effective

• make imperfect

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• block passage through

• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

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

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• cause the downfall of; of rulers

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• to raze to the ground, also figuratively

• the material removed by a cut made underneath

• the tender meat of the loin muscle on each side of the vertebral column

• a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall

• (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball

• a cut made underneath to remove material

• sell cheaper than one's competition

• cut away material from the underside of (an object) so as to leave an overhanging portion in relief

• cut away the underpart of

• strike (the ball) in golf, tennis, or hockey obliquely downward so as to give a backspin or elevation to the shot

• cut obliquely into (a tree) below the main cut and on the side toward which the tree will fall

• destroy property or hinder normal operations

• hollow out as if making a cave or opening