weaken
Indeed, the Netherlands Minister of Health felt that the European Parliament was weakening the directive.  | El Ministro de Sanidad de los Países Bajos llegó a opinar que el Parlamento Europeo suavizaba la directiva.  | 
Such reasoning dovetails with a feature of the anti-globalization movement in its early phases, when it was common to accept the idea central to mainstream discourse in the 1990s that globalization was weakening the power of the state.  | Tal razonamiento se liga con un rasgo del movimiento anti-globalización en sus primeras fases, cuando era común aceptar la idea central del discurso oficial de los años noventa que decía que la globalización debilitaba el poder del estado.  | 
The task was too expensive, and the economy was weakening.  | La tarea era muy costosa y la economía estaba debilitándose.  | 
On the other hand, the link with prophecy was weakening.  | Por otra parte, el vínculo con la profecía se estaba debilitando.  | 
On the other hand, the link with prophecy was weakening.  | Por otra parte, el acoplamiento con profecía se debilitaba.  | 
At the same time, the working class movement in Sri Lanka was weakening.  | Al mismo tiempo, el movimiento de la clase obrera esrilanquesa se debilitaba.  | 
France was already in turmoil industrially and the government was weakening.  | Francia ya estaba industrialmente en conflicto y el gobierno cada día era más débil.  | 
By 1910, Leon Denis' vision was weakening day by day.  | A partir de 1910, la visión de Léon Denis fue, día tras día, debilitándose.  | 
He was weakening and was already unable to maintain flight.  | Ya estaba débil e incapaz de mantener el vuelo, así que, lentamente, descendió.  | 
Both attacks were initially of equal strength. But gradually, the teenage Super Saiyan was weakening.  | Ambos ataques fueron inicialmente de igual fuerza, pero, poco a poco, el adolescente Super Saiyano se estaba debilitando.  | 
The link between prophet and people was weakening, and it happened under the leadership of Samuel.  | El vínculo entre el profeta y la gente se estaba debilitando, y ocurrió bajo la dirección de Samuel.  | 
He was weakening and was already unable to maintain flight. He slowly lowered his altitude.  | Ya estaba débil e incapaz de mantener el vuelo, así que, lentamente, descendió.  | 
But his health was weakening. He suffered from arteriosclerosis and his body was covered with sores.  | Pero su salud se debilita, ya que sufre de arteriosclerosis y tiene el cuerpo cubierto de llagas.  | 
While the dollar was weakening against the euro and the pound, it continued to strengthen against the yen.  | Mientras el dólar se debilitaba frente al euro y la libra, continuó fortaleciéndose frente al yen.  | 
The Blackblade made Gideon's hands ache, as if the dark power was weakening his bones.  | La Blackblade hacía que Gideon sintiera un dolor punzante en las manos, como si su poder oscuro le debilitara los huesos.  | 
However, the body was weakening more and more, it became increasingly difficult to get out from the anesthesia.  | Sin embargo, el cuerpo se debilitaba cada vez más y cada vez era más difícil salir de la anestesia.  | 
The cost of oil imports and external debt payments was a heavy burden which was weakening his country.  | El costo de las importaciones de petróleo y el pago de la deuda externa representan una pesada carga que debilita a la nación.  | 
Now, worn by work and by age, she was at the end of her strength and her heart was weakening.  | Ahora, agotada por el trabajo y por la edad, se encuentra al límite de sus fuerzas y su corazón se debilita.  | 
I held on to my son because I saw he was weakening and he didn't have the strength to go on.  | Yo aguanté a mi hijo porque yo ví que él se estaba debilitando y él no tenía la fuerza para continuar.  | 
Internally, due to lack of coherent economic strategies Greece's productive sector had not been strong–and it was weakening as a result of the global economic downturn.  | Internamente, por falta de estrategias económicas coherentes, su sector productivo no había sido fuerte—y estaba debilitándose como resultado de la crisis económica mundial.  | 
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