"undermines" in the verb sense
1. sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken
destroy property or hinder normal operations
"The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"
2. cave, undermine
hollow out as if making a cave or opening
"The river was caving the banks"
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