'Devitalize' definitions:
Definition of 'devitalize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy" [syn: devitalize, devitalise] [ant: vitalise, vitalize]
Definition of 'Devitalize'
From: GCIDE
- Devitalize \De*vi"tal*ize\, v. t. To deprive of life or vitality. -- {De*vi`tal*i*za"tion}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'devitalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- afflict,
- attenuate,
- blunt,
- castrate,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- damp,
- dampen,
- deaden,
- debilitate,
- demasculinize,
- deprive,
- derange,
- desex,
- desexualize,
- disable,
- disorder,
- dry up,
- dull,
- effeminize,
- emasculate,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- etiolate,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- gruel,
- hospitalize,
- incapacitate,
- indispose,
- invalid,
- lay low,
- lay up,
- mitigate,
- rattle,
- reduce,
- sap,
- shake,
- shake up,
- sicken,
- soften up,
- sterilize,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- weaken