debilitate
debilitate
Definition
de·bili·tate (dē bil′ə tāt′, di-)
transitive verb -·tat′ed, -·tat′·ing
to make weak or feeble; enervate
Etymology: < L debilitatus, pp. of debilitare, to weaken < debilis, weak, not strong < de- (see de-) + deriv. of IE base *bel-, strong > Gr belteros, better
de·bil′i·ta′·tion noun
debilitate
Synonyms
debilitate
Usage Examples
Object
- planet: Q: You mentioned earlier that you have a lot of debilitated planets in your chart.
- patient: Certain strains of MRSA are easy to spread between patients and can colonize in debilitated patients.
- condition: Due to the debilitated condition of Mars and its opposition to the Moon in Scorpio, the doctor succeeds in killing his patient.
- animal: Younger animals are more likely to be affected than older ones, although very old or debilitated animals are also susceptible.
- state: When horses recover from influenza, they can be left in a debilitated state making them more susceptible to secondary infections.
- horse: Old or debilitated horses are at increased risk of infection or re-infection.
Subject
- disease: Older people and those debilitated by chronic disease, anemia and immunosuppression are at particular risk, but complications can occur at any age.
Modifying Another Word
- severely: This is of military significance because stopping this flow of information will severely debilitate the function of any such system.
- completely: A virus can completely debilitate your computer and potentially cause the entire loss of all information.
- so: He almost died and was so debilitated that he lost about 70 % of his scales!
- seriously: His short-term recovery was against the medical odds, but left him seriously debilitated, and in February 2003 he died.
- often: In bullfights, bulls are often debilitated with tranquilizers or beatings and are blinded by having petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes.
- already: An additional weakness is the already debilitated capacity of ICT suppliers.
Used with why or when
- when: The rat was emaciated and debilitated when this photo was taken one week later on March 30.
Preposition: in
- way: To have many planets debilitated in this way in a nativity is considered a sign of obscurity and low birth.
Preposition: with
- tranquilizer: In bullfights, bulls are often debilitated with tranquilizers or beatings and are blinded by having petroleum jelly rubbed into their eyes.
Preposition: by
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