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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.
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.
DEBILITATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of debilitate 2. to make someone or something physically weak: . Learn more.
verb (used with object) , de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing. to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely. Synonyms: devitalize, enervate, deplete, weaken. debilitate. / dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt / verb. tr to make feeble; weaken. Discover More. Derived Forms. deˌbiliˈtation, noun. Discover More. Other Words From.
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. adulterated. adulteration. dull. enervate. enervatingly. enfeebled. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. turn to jelly idiom. undimmed. unsubdued.
verb. /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ (formal) Verb Forms. debilitate somebody/something to make somebody’s body or mind weaker. The troops were severely debilitated by hunger and disease. Want to learn more?
If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker.
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.”
adjective. in a severely weakened state. 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. the debilitated ruling party. Japan's debilitated banking system. Collins English Dictionary.
6 days ago · lacking strength or vigor.
