debilitate
11debilitate — UK [dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt] / US [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms debilitate : present tense I/you/we/they debilitate he/she/it debilitates present participle debilitating past tense debilitated past participle debilitated formal …
12debilitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. enervate, enfeeble, incapacitate; see weaken 2 . See Synonym Study at weaken . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [di BIL i TATE] to weaken or …
13debilitate — transitive verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak Date: 1533 to impair the strength of ; enfeeble Synonyms: see weaken • debilitation noun …
14debilitate — debilitant, n. debilitation, n. debilitative, adj. /di bil i tayt /, v.t., debilitated, debilitating. to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely. [1525 35; < L debilitatus (ptp. of debilitare), equiv. to… …
15debilitate — verb To make feeble; to weaken. The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis. Syn: weaken, enfeeble, enervate See Also: debile, debility …
16debilitate — Synonyms and related words: abate, afflict, attenuate, beat, blunt, bugger, burn out, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de energize, deaden, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, do in, do up, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate …
17debilitate — de|bil|i|tate [dıˈbılıteıt] v [T] formal 1.) to make someone ill and weak 2.) to make an organization or system less effective or powerful ▪ Progress has been debilitated by a refusal to share ideas. >debilitating adj ▪ a debilitating disease …
18debilitate — de|bil|i|tate [ dı bılı,teıt ] verb transitive usually passive FORMAL to make someone physically or mentally weak …
19debilitate — de·bil·i·tate || dɪ bɪlɪteɪt v. incapacitate, weaken, enfeeble …
20debilitate — [dɪ bɪlɪteɪt] verb [often as adjective debilitating] make very weak and infirm. Derivatives debilitatingly adverb debilitation noun debilitative adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as debilitation): from L. debilitat …
