Undermine
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At first sight it seems unreasonable, indeed irresponsible, to
undermine
the all-too difficult task of collecting taxes by taking away the device of automatic withholding.
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But they're also trying to
undermine
everything in the game.
Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country, they can compromise our security, they can
undermine
democracy, they can cause the deaths of those that defend us.
They use political violence to intimidate, physical violence to terrorize and mental or emotional violence to
undermine.
And there's this Flaubert quote that I love: "I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to
undermine
it."
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