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{"id": "undermine", "metadata": {"operation": "retrieve", "provider": "Oxford University Press", "schema": "RetrieveEntry"}, "results": [{"id": "undermine", "language": "en-gb", "lexicalEntries": [{"derivatives": [{"id": "underminer", "text": "underminer"}], "entries": [{"etymologies": ["Middle English: from under- + the verb mine, probably suggested by Middle Dutch ondermineren"], "grammaticalFeatures": [{"id": "transitive", "text": "Transitive", "type": "Subcategorization"}], "pronunciations": [{"audioFile": "https://audio.oxforddictionaries.com/en/mp3/undermine_gb_1.mp3", "dialects": ["British English"], "phoneticNotation": "IPA", "phoneticSpelling": "\u028cnd\u0259\u02c8m\u028c\u026an"}], "senses": [{"definitions": ["erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation)"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "geology", "text": "Geology"}], "examples": [{"text": "the flow of water had undermined pillars supporting the roof"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1096320.006", "shortDefinitions": ["erode base or foundation of"], "subsenses": [{"definitions": ["dig or excavate beneath (a building or fortification) so as to make it collapse"], "domainClasses": [{"id": "military_history", "text": "Military_History"}, {"id": "civil_engineering", "text": "Civil_Engineering"}], "examples": [{"text": "the demolition engineers did eventually undermine two of the tower's six sides"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1096320.012", "shortDefinitions": ["dig or excavate beneath building or fortification so as to make it collapse"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "tunnel under"}, {"language": "en", "text": "dig under"}, {"language": "en", "text": "burrow under"}, {"language": "en", "text": "excavate"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sap"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "undermine", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0015426.002"}]}], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "erode"}, {"language": "en", "text": "wear away"}, {"language": "en", "text": "eat away at"}, {"language": "en", "text": "chip away"}, {"language": "en", "text": "undercut"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "undermine", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0015426.003"}]}, {"definitions": ["lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously"], "examples": [{"text": "this could undermine years of hard work"}], "id": "m_en_gbus1096320.014", "shortDefinitions": ["lessen effectiveness of"], "synonyms": [{"language": "en", "text": "subvert"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sabotage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "threaten"}, {"language": "en", "text": "weaken"}, {"language": "en", "text": "compromise"}, {"language": "en", "text": "diminish"}, {"language": "en", "text": "reduce"}, {"language": "en", "text": "impair"}, {"language": "en", "text": "mar"}, {"language": "en", "text": "spoil"}, {"language": "en", "text": "ruin"}, {"language": "en", "text": "impede"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hinder"}, {"language": "en", "text": "damage"}, {"language": "en", "text": "hurt"}, {"language": "en", "text": "injure"}, {"language": "en", "text": "cripple"}, {"language": "en", "text": "disable"}, {"language": "en", "text": "enfeeble"}, {"language": "en", "text": "sap"}, {"language": "en", "text": "shake"}], "thesaurusLinks": [{"entry_id": "undermine", "sense_id": "t_en_gb0015426.001"}]}]}], "language": "en-gb", "lexicalCategory": {"id": "verb", "text": "Verb"}, "text": "undermine"}], "type": "headword", "word": "undermine"}], "word": "undermine"}
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