debilitate

  • 21debilitate — v. a. Weaken, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, prostrate, relax, render weak, make languid …

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  • 22debilitate — verb (T) 1 if illness, heat, hunger etc debilitates someone, it makes their body or mind weak: debilitated by fever 2 if an action debilitates an organization or structure, it weakens its authority or effectiveness …

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  • 23debilitate — verb can t you see how these drugs have debilitated you? Syn: weaken, enfeeble, enervate, devitalize, sap, drain, exhaust, weary, fatigue, prostrate; undermine, impair, indispose, incapacitate, cripple, disable, paralyze, immobilize; inform …

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  • 24debilitate — v weaken, enfeeble, make feeble, enervate, deprive of strength; exhaust, fatigue, tire, tire out, Sl. poop or poop out, wear out or down; unbrace, unman, emasculate, undo, incapacitate, cripple, impair; deplete, diminish, reduce, undermine,… …

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  • 25debilitate — de·bil·i·tate …

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  • 26debilitate — de•bil•i•tate [[t]dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. t. tat•ed, tat•ing to make weak; enfeeble • Etymology: 1525–35; < L dēbilitātus ptp. of dēbilitāre, v. der. of dēbilis weak de•bil′i•tant, n. de•bil i•ta′tion, n. de•bil′i•ta tive, adj …

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  • 27debilitate — /dəˈbɪləteɪt / (say duh biluhtayt) verb (t) (debilitated, debilitating) to make weak or feeble; weaken; enfeeble. {Latin dēbilitātus, past participle, weakened} –debilitation /dəbɪləˈteɪʃən/ (say duhbiluh tayshuhn), noun –debilitative… …

  • 28debilitate — v.tr. enfeeble, enervate. Derivatives: debilitatingly adv. debilitation n. debilitative adj. Etymology: L debilitare (as DEBILITY) …

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  • 29Debilitated — Debilitate De*bil i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate… …

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  • 30Debilitating — Debilitate De*bil i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate… …

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