zersetzen meaning and definition in german

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third-person singular simple present zersetzt, past tense zersetzte, past participle zersetzt, auxiliary haben
  1. To corrode, decompose
  2. To subvert, undermine
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Example

Er war ein gläubiger Christ, der sich zur Religion vorwiegend vom politischen Standpunkte aus hielt, und die moderne Richtung, die sich mehrere neue Auslegungen gestattete, war ihm namentlich deshalb grundsätzlich zuwider, weil sie dem Streit der Meinungen und einer zersetzenden Kritik Tür und Tor öffnete.He was a believer, interested in religion chiefly from a political point of view, and this new teaching which allowed itself some novel interpretation, just because it paved the way for disputes and analyses, was repugnant to him on principle.OP851233