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1 debilitate
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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