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devitalize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb devitalize has 1 sense
- devitalize(v = verb.change) devitalise - sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy" is one way to weaken
Derived form noun devitalization1
Antonym: vitalize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
devitalize, v.tr. (also -ise) take away strength and vigour from.
Derivative
devitalization n.
THESAURUS
devitalize
abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, castrate, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, demasculinize, deprive, derange, desex, desexualize, disable, disorder, dry up, dull, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hospitalize, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, lay low, lay up, mitigate, rattle, reduce, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, sterilize, unbrace, undermine, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken
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