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adjective
- 1. in a very weakened and infirm state: "a debilitated patient"
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weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, 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.
DEBILITATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of debilitate 2. to make someone or something physically weak: . Learn more.
to make someone or something physically weak: Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him. Synonyms. drain. enfeeble formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervatingly. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom.
Debilitate definition: to make weak or feeble; enfeeble. See examples of DEBILITATE used in a sentence.
If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
Definition of debilitate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
debilitate. verb [ T ] formal us / dɪˈbɪl.ə.teɪt / uk / dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt / Add to word list. to make someone or something physically weak: Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him. Synonyms. drain. enfeeble formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. dull. ease.
Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously. You could end up totally debilitated. Trying to carry out that simple task reminded me of how physically debilitated I was.
Define debilitate. debilitate synonyms, debilitate pronunciation, debilitate translation, English dictionary definition of debilitate. tr.v. de·bil·i·tat·ed , de·bil·i·tat·ing , de·bil·i·tates To sap the strength or energy of; enervate. de·bil′i·ta′tion n. de·bil′i·ta′tive adj.
debilitate meaning, definition, what is debilitate: to make someone ill and weak: Learn more.
