DEBILITATE


Meaning of DEBILITATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪbɪlɪteɪt ]

( debilitates, debilitating, debilitated)

1.

If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. ( FORMAL )

Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed by n

• de‧bili‧tat‧ing

...a debilitating illness.

ADJ

• de‧bili‧tat‧ed

Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously.

ADJ

2.

To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. ( FORMAL )

...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.

VERB : V n

• de‧bili‧tat‧ing

...years of debilitating economic crisis.

ADJ

• de‧bili‧tat‧ed

...the debilitated ruling party.

ADJ

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