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de·bil·i·tate
| \ di-ˈbi-lə-ˌtāt
, dē- \
: to impair the strength of : enfeeble
sailors debilitated by scurvy an economy debilitated by years of civil war
debilitation
\
di-ˌbi-lə-ˈtā-shən
, dē-
\
noun
The virus debilitates the body's immune system.
the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears
Republicans view the Democrats’ legislative plans as an overreach of excess spending and have accused Mr. Biden of careening from one crisis to another, saying both will debilitate the party’s midterm message next year.
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Ken Thomas, WSJ , 1 Oct. 2021
The flu does not knock you down and debilitate you like COVID-19.
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Claire Thornton, USA TODAY , 8 Aug. 2021
The absence of strong copyright laws continues to debilitate Cambodian cinema.
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BostonGlobe.com , 22 Apr. 2021
Prodigious force is required to propel the 245-pound Texas senior skyward, and that sort of strain and joint load can debilitate over time.
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Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com , 13 Nov. 2020
Seizing the moment to debilitate Hezbollah would be a huge step forward for maximum pressure.
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Carine Hajjar, National Review , 22 Aug. 2020
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de·bil·i·tate
| \ di-ˈbi-lə-ˌtāt
\
: to make feeble : weaken
a debilitating disease
de·bil·i·tate
| \ di-ˈbil-ə-ˌtāt
\
: to impair the strength of
a body debilitated by disease
debilitation
\
-ˌbil-ə-ˈtā-shən
\
noun
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weaken , enfeeble , debilitate , undermine , sap , cripple , disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power.
a disease that weakens the body's defenses
enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness.
enfeebled by starvation
debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality.
the debilitating effects of surgery
undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.
a poor diet undermines your health
drugs had sapped his ability to think
cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element.
crippled by arthritis
disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability.
disabled by an injury sustained at work
Debilitate , enfeeble , undermine , and sap all share the general sense "to weaken." But while debilitate holds the distinction among these words of coming from the Latin word for "weak"— debilis —it packs a potent punch. 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. Undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.
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Latin debilitatus , past participle of debilitare to weaken, from debilis weak
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debilitate \dih-BIL-uh-tayt\ verb
: to impair the strength of : enfeeble
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"No matter how much Dolly tries to engineer things in her favor, she's forever an outsider—a widow suffering from, though not debilitated by, loneliness—and the only person who would understand how she feels is her dead husband, Ephraim." — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 1 May 2017
Debilitate, enfeeble, undermine, and sap all share the general sense "to weaken." But while debilitate holds the distinction among these words of coming from the Latin word for "weak"—debilis—it packs a potent punch. 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. Undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.
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“Debilitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debilitate. Accessed 9 Jul. 2022.
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To sap the strength or energy of; enervate.
[Latin dēbilitāre , dēbilitāt- , from dēbilis , weak ; see bel- in Indo-European roots .]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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