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   De·bil·i·tate

   /dəˈbiləˌtāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) weak and infirm: "a weakness that debilitates him despite his overwhelming physical might"
   • ▪ hinder, delay, or weaken: "hard drugs destroy families and debilitate communities"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin debilitat- ‘weakened’, from the verb debilitare, from debilitas (see debility).

   Derivatives

   • 1. debilitation noun
   • 2. debilitative adjective

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   What is another word for debilitate?

   • Other forms: debilitating; debilitated; debilitates To debilitate something is to make it weaker. A bad flu may debilitate your powers of concentration, like the New Year's resolutions that temporarily debilitate bakeries' business. The verb debilitate traces back to the Latin word debilis, meaning “lame, disabled, crippled.”

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   What is the difference between debilitate and enfeeble?

   • Often used of disease or something that strikes like a disease or illness, debilitate might suggest a temporary impairment—but a pervasive one at that. Enfeeble, a very close synonym of debilitate, connotes a pitiable, but often reversible, condition of weakness and helplessness.

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   What is a debilitating illness?

   • ...a debilitating illness. Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously. To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. ...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.

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   What does debilitar mean?

   • debilitar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DEBILITATE meaning: 1. to make someone or something physically weak: 2. to make someone or something physically weak: . Learn more.

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   Debilitate means to weaken or impair the strength of something or someone. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and usage of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Debilitate is a formal verb that means to make someone or something physically weak. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation and translations in different languages.

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   Debilitate definition: to make weak or feeble; enfeeble. See examples of DEBILITATE used in a sentence.

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   debilitate: 1 v make weak Synonyms: drain , enfeeble Types: emaciate , macerate , waste cause to grow thin or weak Type of: weaken lessen the strength of

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   Debilitate means to make someone or something physically weak. Learn more about this formal verb, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences from various sources.

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   Debilitate means to make weak, enfeeble, or sap the strength or energy of. Find the origin, pronunciation, translations, and examples of debilitate and related words in this comprehensive online dictionary.

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