<def-root>A <fen>Counter_actor</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen> impedes an <fen>Agent</fen> in an <fen>Activity</fen> or impedes the unfolding or continuation of a <fen>State_of_affairs</fen>. The opposing force applies without first being noticed, often in a secret or an underhanded fashion.
<ex>However, as this story goes on the Queen of Sodom has <fex name="cou">a brother who</fex>
plans to <t>undermine</t> <fex name="age">his sister</fex> and take the throne of Sodom.</ex>
<ex> Diotrephes withstood John's words, and would not submit to his authority; in fact, <fex name="cou">he</fex> <t>undermined</t> <fex name="soa">John's authority</fex>.</ex>
<ex> I don't want to get a reputation for punishing disagreement. On the other
hand, <fex name="cou">he</fex> <t>undercut</t> <fex name="age">me</fex> <fex name="deg">pretty badly</fex> and I can't just let it slide.</ex>
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<def-root>An event or state_of_Affairs that successfully impedes an <fen>Agent</fen> or a State_of_affairs.
<ex><fex name="cau">This failure</fex> <t>undermines</t> governmental authority</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A person who intentionally or not acts in such a way that an <fen>Agent</fen> or State_of_affairs is impeded.
<ex>Tory rebels queued to warn that <fex name="cou">they</fex> would<t>sabotage</t> efforts to put the treaty through Parliament .</ex></def-root>
<def-root>A person who is intentionally engaged in some <fen>Activity</fen> and who is impeded in that <fen>Activity</fen>.
<ex>If he is really <t>undermining</t> <fex name="age">me</fex>, then he is a fine friend.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>An <fen>Activity</fen> that is being impeded.
<ex>The Dominican Republic was widely held to have <t>undermined</t> <fex name="act">its own efforts to become a full member of CARICOM</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>A state or event that is ongoing and whose continuance or unfolding is impeded.
<ex>Whenever I try to quit they all try to <t>sabotage</t> <fex name="soa">my efforts</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The extent to which the <fen>Cause</fen> or <fen>Counter_actor</fen> impede the <fen>Agent</fen> or the <fen>State_of_affairs</fen>.
<ex>The so-called advantage of a Premier being able to determine an election date is
<fex name="deg">totally</fex> <t>undermined</t> by speculation surrounding the date for the next election.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The state-of-affairs that the <fen>Counter_actor</fen> hopes will result from his undermining.</def-root>
<def-root>The location where the <fen>Counter_actor</fen> subverts an <fen>Activity</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>The time at which the <fen>Counter_actor</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen> works agains the <fen>Agent</fen>.</def-root>
<def-root>Any description of the intentional act which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (<ment>quietly, loudly</ment>), and general descriptions comparing events (<ment>the same way</ment>). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of a <fen>Counter_actor</fen> that also affect the action (<ment>presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully</ment>).
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<def-root>This FE denotes the number of times the <fen>Counter_actor</fen> or <fen>Cause</fen> subverts the <fen>Agent</fen> per unit of time.</def-root>
<def-root>This FE denotes the number of times the subversion event has occurred.</def-root>
<def-root>An action performed by the <fen>Counter_actor</fen> or an event related to the <fen>Cause</fen> that enables the subversion.
<ex>They <t>sabotaged</t> our plans <fex name="mea">by cutting off communications between the island and the mainland</fex>.</ex></def-root>
Thwarting
COD: deliberately destroy or obstruct, especially for political or military advantag
COD: damage or weaken, especially gradually or insidiously.
COD: weaken; undermine
COD: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
FN: an attempt to overthrow or undermine a social construct, typically a government or political system, by forces working secretly from within