English > debilitate: 1 sense > verb 1, changeMeaning | 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) |