English > debilitate: 1 sense > verb 1, change| Meaning | make weak. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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| Synonyms | enfeeble, drain |
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| Narrower | waste, emaciate, macerate | Cause to grow thin or weak |
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| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
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| Spanish | agotarse, agotar, atenuar, consumir, debilitar, empobrecer |
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| Catalan | afeblir, consumir, debilitar, empobrir-se, esgotar-se |
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| Adjectives | debilitative | causing debilitation |
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| Nouns | debilitation | serious weakening and loss of energy |
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| debility | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) |