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debilitate
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debilitate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb debilitate has 1 sense
- debilitate(v = verb.change) drain, enfeeble - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" is one way to weaken
Derived forms noun debilitation1, adjective debilitative1, noun debility1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
debilitate, v.tr. enfeeble, enervate.
Derivative
debilitatingly adv. debilitation n. debilitative adj.
Etymology
L debilitare (as DEBILITY)
THESAURUS
debilitate
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, exhaust, extenuate, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, frazzle, gruel, hamstring, harass, hors de combat, hospitalize, hurt, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, jade, kibosh, knock out, knock up, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mar, mitigate, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, poop, poop out, prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, spoil, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, use up, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, wing, wreckROGET THESAURUS
debilitate
Weakness
VB be weak, drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave, render weak, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate, unbrace, unnerve, cripple, unman, cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of, dilute, impoverish, decimate, extenuate, reduce in strength, reduce the strength of, mettre de l'eau dans son vin.
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