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debilitate Definition

de·bili·tate (dē bilə 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

debilitate Related Forms
de·bil′i·ta·tion noun
debilitate Synonyms

debilitate

v.

enervate, enfeeble, incapacitate; see weaken 2. See syn. study at weaken.

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

  • disease: Older people and those debilitated by chronic disease, anemia and immunosuppression are at particular risk, but complications can occur at any age.
  • illness: Nations could not advance so long as their populaces were debilitated by illness.

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