disempower

Verb

Meaning

To deprive of power; to divest of strength.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

daunt limit overthrow undermine discourage weaken diminish shake dilute disable overturn constrain depose invalidate rattle
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Antonyms

king commission allow cause bring build
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Related terms

idiomatic power off power down depower disenergize deenergize

Examples

Never underestimate the power of the mind to disempower. John Kotter

We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don't matter. And in the act of taking that idea to ourselves we give everything away to somebody else, to something else. Terence McKenna

Whenever smart and well-intentioned people avoid confronting obstacles, they disempower employees and undermine change. John Kotter

I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women. Lady Gaga

Youre shooting yourself in the foot if you isolate or disempower the moderates. Mohamed ElBaradei

Close letter words and terms

disemplane disemploy disemployment disempoweringly disempowerment disemvowel