To put into a quaking, quivering, or vibrating motion (a thing normally firm or fixed); to cause (a structure) to totter; hence, to impair the…

To impair the strength of (inanimate things). Obsolete.

To throw (troops) into confusion by an onset or charge; to damage or weaken by impact or collision; to destroy the stability of. Also figurative.

To render (a material thing) less strong or more liable to fracture.