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strengthenverb to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical forcelifting weights every day will eventually strengthen your muscles the army makes new recruits run for miles in order to strengthen them beef (up), fortify, harden, toughen anneal, temperfirm (up), tone (up)energize, invigorate, vitalizerestrengthen debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, weaken cripple, incapacitate, paralyzedamage, harm, hurt, impair, injurebreak down, wear outsap, undercut, undermine to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposurerequired weeks of physical therapy to strengthen his arm enough to pitch for the team again fortify, harden, indurate, inure, season, steel, toughen acclimate, acclimatize, adapt, adjustanneal, temperinvigorate, vitalizeimmunizebolster, boost, brace, buttress, enforce, forearm, prop (up), reinforce(also reenforce), supportbreak in, limber (up), trainaccustom, condition, habituate, naturalize soften emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, sap, weakencripple, debilitate, hamstring, incapacitatesensitize to make markedly greater in measure or degreeencouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service accentuate, amp (up), amplify, beef (up), boost, consolidate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify, redouble, step up broaden, enlarge, expand, extend, lengthenaccelerate, hasten, quickenemphasize, point (up), sharpen, stressaugment, enforce, reinforce(also reenforce), restrengthen, supplementmaximizeenliven, jazz (up)aggravate, exacerbate abate, moderate decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), reduce, subdue, tone (down), weakendwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wanealleviate, ease, lighten to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallystrengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace brace, forearm, fortify, nerve, poise, psych (up), ready, steel armharden, inure, season, toughenbolster, boost, buoy (up), buttress, enforce, prop (up), reinforce(also reenforce), support, sustaincheer (up), comfort, embolden, encourage, hearten, inspirerally, rouse, stir daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, psych (out), shake, unnervedebilitate, enervate, enfeeble, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severea bill was introduced to strengthen punishments for hate crimes harden, harshen, stiffen, toughen ameliorate, ease lessen, moderate, soften in the 15th century |