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de·bil·i·tate
 debilitate
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- pronunciation:
- dih
bI
lih
teIt
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
debilitates, debilitating, debilitated |
| definition: |
to make feeble; weaken.
His long illness debilitated him.- antonyms:
- invigorate
- similar words:
- canker, depress, enervate, weaken
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| related words: |
cripple, destroy, disable, fatigue, impair, paralyze, sap |
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| derivations: |
debilitative (adj.), debilitation (n.) |
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