Synonyms:
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
Meaning: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
Usage examples
They can undermine such cliffs indeed, and then grind the fragments to powder, but their direct action is limited.
Well, undermine in them the miserable prejudice of respect and fear of kings; teach your flocks that the queen is a tyrant; and repeat often and loudly, so that all may know it, that the misfortunes of France are caused by Mazarin, her lover and her destroyer; begin this work to-day, this instant even, and in three days I shall expect the result.