undercut-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: counteract, prevent, weaken

Examples:
How tax dollars undercut the environment.
Morton has a penchant for pop art that tends to undercut the
strength of his observations.
U.S. inflation data undercut the dollar.
We can undercut the tyrant by fueling a popular revolt.
Apple undercut Dell's legendary low pricing with its Mac Pro.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: Subversion
PropBank: undercut.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: cut away at the underside of something

Examples:
In 1897 a tunnel was driven to undercut an ore body exposed on the
surface.
A hole was targeted to undercut a quartz vein we exposed.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 5

Sense Number 3: SPORTS: strike (a ball) to give backspin or elevation

Examples:
Stile delivered a swooping undercut sidespin ball that struck the
table.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4