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."