'Debilitate' definitions:
Definition of 'debilitate'
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Definition of 'Debilitate'
From: GCIDE
- Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debilitating.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. [1913 Webster]
- Various ails debilitate the mind. --Jenyns. [1913 Webster]
- The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'debilitate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- afflict,
- attenuate,
- beat,
- blunt,
- bugger,
- burn out,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-energize,
- deaden,
- derange,
- devitalize,
- disable,
- disenable,
- disorder,
- do in,
- do up,
- drain,
- dull,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- fag,
- fag out,
- fatigue,
- flag,
- frazzle,
- gruel,
- hamstring,
- harass,
- hors de combat,
- hospitalize,
- hurt,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- indispose,
- invalid,
- jade,
- kibosh,
- knock out,
- knock up,
- lame,
- lay low,
- lay up,
- maim,
- mar,
- mitigate,
- overfatigue,
- overstrain,
- overtire,
- overweary,
- poop,
- poop out,
- prostrate,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- sabotage,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- sicken,
- soften up,
- spike,
- spoil,
- tire,
- tire out,
- tire to death,
- tucker,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- unfit,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- use up,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear down,
- wear on,
- wear out,
- weary,
- wilt,
- wind,
- wing,
- wreck