debilitateverb [ T ]
uk/dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt/us/dɪˈbɪl.ə.teɪt/formalto make someone or something physically weak:
Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.
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Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- deflate
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- sap
- shake
- wither on the vine idiom
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debilitating
adjective uk/dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ/us/dɪˈbɪl.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
a debilitating condition/disease