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   debilitate

   /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) very weak and infirm: "he was severely debilitated by a stomach upset"
   • ▪ 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 does it mean if a person is debilitated?

   • If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. ...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.

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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 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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     to make someone or something physically weak: Chemotherapy...

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     debilitate definicja: 1. to make someone or something...

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   • Debilitate in Traditional Chinese

     DEBILITATE translate: 使虛弱；削弱，使衰弱. Learn more in the...

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     DEBILITATE translate: 使虚弱；削弱，使衰弱. Learn more in the...

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

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   Debilitate means to make somebody or something weaker, especially in body or mind. Learn how to use this formal verb with pictures, pronunciation, synonyms and example sentences.

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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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   To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker.