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1. подмыв 2. подкапывание 3. образование абразивных ниш 4. обрушение обломков пород со стен ледникового цирка 5. выпахивание (ледником)
basal sapping см. sapping 4.
landslide sapping оползневая эрозия
spring sapping родниковый подмыв склонов
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Синонимический ряд:1. draining (verb) depleting; draining; exhausting; impoverishing; use up2. weakening (verb) attenuating; blunting; crippling; debilitating; disabling; enervating; enfeebling; undermining; undoing; unnerving; weakening -
6 past one's prime
пора расцвета миновала, уже не в зените славыMost people considered him to be the greatest cyclist, but he was now past his prime; he was in his forty-second year, and age was sapping his stamina. — Он все еще слыл сильнейшим велогонщиком, но пора его расцвета миновала. Ему пошел сорок второй год, и возраст уже начал сказываться.
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7 debilitating
a мед. ослабляющий, подрывающий силы; подтачивающий здоровьеСинонимический ряд:weakening (verb) attenuating; blunting; crippling; disabling; enervating; enfeebling; sapping; undermining; undoing; unnerving; weakening -
8 disabling
блокировать; блокировкаСинонимический ряд:1. paralyzing (verb) crippling; disarming; disqualifying; immobilising; immobilizing; incapacitating; paralysing; paralyzing; prostrating; unfitting2. weakening (verb) attenuating; blunting; debilitating; enfeebling; sapping; undermining; weakening -
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1. n осушение, дренаж; водоотвод2. n спускСинонимический ряд:1. removal (noun) depletion; discharging; evacuation; excreting; exhaustion; removal2. depleting (verb) depleting; desiccating; dry up; give out; play out; run dry; run out3. drafting (verb) drafting; draw off; drawing; drawing off; let out; pumping; siphoning; tapping4. reducing (verb) abating; decreasing; diminishing; dwindling; ebbing; lessening; let up; peter out; reducing; shrinking; tail off; taper off5. spending (verb) bankrupting; consuming; depleting; drawing down; eat up; exhausting; expending; finishing; impoverishing; run through; sapping; spending; use up; using up6. tiring (verb) fatiguing; jading; tiring; wear down; wear out; wearing; wearing down; wearying -
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a утомительный, изнурительный; изнуряющийСинонимический ряд:1. laborious (adj.) arduous; burdensome; difficult; hard; laborious; severe; tough; wearisome2. taxing (adj.) fatiguing; taxing; tiring; wearying3. consuming (verb) consuming; devouring; eating; eating up; using up4. exhausting (verb) exhausting; tire out; wear out5. spending (verb) bankrupting; depleting; draining; drawing; drawing down; eat up; expending; finishing; going; impoverishing; play out; run through; running through; sapping; spending; use up; washing up -
11 undermining
a подрывнойСинонимический ряд:1. destruction (noun) damage; demolition; destruction; sabotage; subversion; treason; vandalism; wreckage; wrecking2. undermining (verb) sabotaging; subverting; undermining; wrecking3. weakening (verb) attenuating; blunting; crippling; debilitating; disabling; enervating; enfeebling; sapping; undoing; unnerving; weakening -
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1. n развязывание, расстёгивание2. n уничтожение; аннулирование3. n гибель, падение4. n причина гибели, бедствияhis overweening self-confidence proved his undoing in the end — его чрезвычайная самоуверенность в конце концов погубила его
Синонимический ряд:1. destruction (noun) bane; destroyer; destruction; downfall; ruination2. misfortune (noun) adversity; affliction; bad luck; disaster; distress; hardship; misery; misfortune; trouble3. ruin (noun) decimation; degeneration; deterioration; devastation; disintegration; ruin4. abolishing (verb) abating; abolishing; abrogating; annihilating; annulling; invalidating; negating; nullifying; quashing; vitiating5. cancelling (verb) blot out; cancelling; cross out; erasing; expunging; rub out; scratch out; strike out; wipe out; x out6. destroying (verb) atomizing; decapitating; decimating; demolishing; destroying; destructing; dismantling; dissolving; dynamiting; finishing; pulling down; pulverizing; quenching; razing; rubbing out; ruining; shattering; shooting; sinking; smashing; tearing down; torpedoing; totalling; unmaking; wracking; wrecking7. opening (verb) opening; unclosing; undoing; unstopping8. outwitting (verb) having; outfoxing; outmaneuvering; outreaching; outsmarting; outthinking; outwitting; overreaching9. seducing (verb) debauching; seducing10. slipping (verb) disengaging; loosening; loosing; releasing; slipping; unbinding; unclasping; unfastening; unloosening; unloosing; untying11. weakening (verb) attenuating; debilitating; enervating; enfeebling; sapping; undermining; unnerving; weakening -
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1. a ослабляющий2. a слабеющийСинонимический ряд:1. decline (noun) declination; decline; deterioration; ebbing; failure2. wearing down (noun) abrasion; attrition; disintegration; erosion; friction; grinding away; rubbing away; wearing away; wearing down3. failing (verb) declining; deteriorating; dwindling; fading; failing; flagging; languishing; shrinking; waning; wasting; wasting away4. watering (verb) attenuating; cutting; diluting; thinning; watering5. weakening (verb) attenuating; blunting; crippling; debilitating; disabling; enervating; enfeebling; sapping; undermining; undoing; unnerving; weakening6. yielding (verb) ease off; relenting; slackening; softening; yielding
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Sapping — ♦ Undermining, as of a castle wall. (Gies, Joseph and Francis. Life in a Medieval Castle, 226) Related terms: Mine … Medieval glossary
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Coprates quadrangle — The Coprates quadrangle is one of a series of 30 quadrangle maps of Mars used by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Astrogeology Research Program. The Coprates quadrangle is also referred to as MC 18 (Mars Chart 18).[1] The Coprates… … Wikipedia
Mining (military) — Explosion of the mine beneath Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt on the Western Front during World War I (July 1 1916). Photo by Ernest Brooks Mining, landmining or undermining is a siege method which has been used since antiquity against a walled city,… … Wikipedia
