Debilitate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make feeble; to weaken.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To weaken; impair the strength of; enfeeble; make inactive or languid: as, intemperance debilitates the organs of digestion.
  • Synonyms To enervate, exhaust.
  • Weak; feeble.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make weak
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
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    weaken   
    Cross Reference
    enervate   
    Hyponym
    waste    macerate    emaciate   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    weaken    enfeeble    enervate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
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