To debilitate is defined as to weaken, make ill or destroy.
(verb)When an illness wears you down and makes you ill, this is an example of a time when the illness debilitates.
See debilitate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb debilitated, debilitating
Origin: < L debilitatus, pp. of debilitare, to weaken < debilis, weak, not strong < de- (see de-) + deriv. of IE base *bel-, strong > Gr belteros, better
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transitive verb de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing, de·bil·i·tates
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Origin: Latin dēbilitāre, dēbilitāt-
Origin: , from dēbilis, weak; see bel- in Indo-European roots
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