| VERB | change | devitalize, devitalise | sap of life or energy |
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| Meaning | sap of life or energy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The recession devitalized the economy" | |
| Synonym | devitalise | |
| Narrower | eviscerate | take away a vital or essential part of |
| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Opposite | vitalize, vitalise | make more lively or vigorous |
| Spanish | desvitalizar | |
| Catalan | desvitalitzar | |
| Nouns | devitalization | the act of reducing the vitality of something |
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