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strengthensverbpresent tense third-person singular of strengthen 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 beefs (up), fortifies, hardens, toughens anneals, tempersfirms (up), tones (up)energizes, invigorates, vitalizesrestrengthens debilitates, enervates, enfeebles, weakens cripples, incapacitates, paralyzesdamages, harms, hurts, impairs, injuresbreaks down, wears outsaps, undercuts, undermines 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 fortifies, hardens, indurates, inures, seasons, steels, toughens acclimates, acclimatizes, adapts, adjustsanneals, tempersinvigorates, vitalizesimmunizesbolsters, boosts, braces, buttresses, enforces, forearms, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supportsbreaks in, limbers (up), trainsaccustoms, conditions, habituates, naturalizes softens emasculates, enervates, enfeebles, exhausts, saps, weakenscripples, debilitates, hamstrings, incapacitatessensitizes to make markedly greater in measure or degreeencouraged the boarding school students to strengthen their ties with the community by doing public service accentuates, amplifies, amps (up), beefs (up), boosts, consolidates, deepens, enhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifies, redoubles, steps up broadens, enlarges, expands, extends, lengthensaccelerates, hastens, quickensemphasizes, points (up), sharpens, stressesaugments, enforces, reinforces(also reenforces), restrengthens, supplementsmaximizesenlivens, jazzes (up)aggravates, exacerbates abates, moderates decreases, diminishes, lessens, lets up (on), reduces, subdues, tones (down), weakensdwindles, recedes, subsides, tapers (off), wanesalleviates, eases, lightens to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionallystrengthened herself for the moment she'd have to tell her friend that she had lost the borrowed necklace braces, forearms, fortifies, nerves, poises, psyches (up), readies, steels armshardens, inures, seasons, toughensbolsters, boosts, buoys (up), buttresses, enforces, props (up), reinforces(also reenforces), supports, sustainscheers (up), comforts, emboldens, encourages, heartens, inspiresrallies, rouses, stirs daunts, demoralizes, discourages, disheartens, dispirits, psychs (out), shakes, unnervesdebilitates, enervates, enfeebles, prostrates, saps, softens, tires, undercuts, undermines, weakens to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severea bill was introduced to strengthen punishments for hate crimes hardens, harshens, stiffens, toughens ameliorates, eases lessens, moderates, softens |