Debilitate

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  • transitive verb. To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Weak; feeble.
  • To weaken; impair the strength of; enfeeble; make inactive or languid: as, intemperance debilitates the organs of digestion.
  • Synonyms To enervate, exhaust.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make feeble; to weaken.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make weak
    • Word Usage
    "Walsh details the struggle to resist neo-liberal agendas that promote privatization and debilitate communities in post-apartheid South Africa."
    cross-reference
    enervate  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weaken  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    emaciate  macerate  waste  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    facilitate  rehabilitate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    adverse  allergic  cardiovascular  contagious  corrosive  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abate  afflict  attenuate  beat  blunt  
    verb-form
    debilitated  debilitates  debilitating  
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