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debilitate (verb)

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  • debilitate — ► VERB ▪ severely weaken. DERIVATIVES debilitation noun. ORIGIN Latin debilitare, from debilis weak …   English terms dictionary

  • debilitate — I verb cripple, denature, deprive of strength, devitalize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, impair, incapacitate, injure, lessen, make feeble, make languid, reduce, render weak, sap the strength of, undermine, weaken II index… …   Law dictionary

  • debilitate — verb To make feeble; to weaken. The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis. Syn: weaken, enfeeble, enervate See Also: debile, debility …   Wiktionary

  • debilitate — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • debilitate — 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 …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • debilitate — [[t]dɪbɪ̱lɪteɪt[/t]] debilitates, debilitating, debilitated 1) VERB: usu passive If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. [FORMAL] [be V ed by n] Stewart took over yesterday… …   English dictionary

  • debilitate — UK [dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt] / US [dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt] verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms debilitate : present tense I/you/we/they debilitate he/she/it debilitates present participle debilitating past tense debilitated past participle debilitated formal …   English dictionary

  • debilitate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. See weakness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. enervate, enfeeble, incapacitate; see weaken 2 . See Synonym Study at weaken . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [di BIL i TATE] to weaken or …   English dictionary for students

  • debilitate — transitive verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Latin debilitatus, past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak Date: 1533 to impair the strength of ; enfeeble Synonyms: see weaken • debilitation noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • debilitate — de|bil|i|tate [ dı bılı,teıt ] verb transitive usually passive FORMAL to make someone physically or mentally weak …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • debilitate — [dɪ bɪlɪteɪt] verb [often as adjective debilitating] make very weak and infirm. Derivatives debilitatingly adverb debilitation noun debilitative adjective Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as debilitation): from L. debilitat …   English new terms dictionary

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