Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing weakness. Opposite of
invigorating .
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- adjective Causing a loss of
energy orstrength . - verb Present participle of
debilitate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective impairing the strength and vitality
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Examples
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It was clear that most South Africans refused to be drawn into what he labelled debilitating action against the government they elected themselves.
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Netshitenzhe said it was clear that most South Africans refused to be mobilised into what he labelled debilitating action against the government they elected themselves.
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For the last month, Mr. Besigye and other opposition leaders, many of whom lost handily to President Museveni in the February election, have staged twice-weekly street demonstrations to protest rising fuel and food prices, and what they call debilitating government corruption.
NYT > Global Home By JOSH KRON 2011
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His childhood traumas resulted in debilitating bouts of depression which he later called “my dark nights of the soul”.
robert hayden | those winter sundays « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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"The New Nobility" is unbeatable for its depiction of today's FSB, but the book might have paid more attention to the long-term debilitating effects of the agency's corruption and nepotism: Those may contain the seeds of the FSB's ultimate destruction.
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Declassified documents released by the FBI this week paint a picture of an esteemed and learned man who nonetheless fell prey to a long-term debilitating habit while he was a Supreme Court justice during the 1970s.
Medication Missteps 2007
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Uncontrolled or runaway debt also has a long-term debilitating effect on a nation's economy.
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As Jeff sees it, the correlation between physical and financial abuse is strong and can lead to long-term debilitating consequences.
Forbes.com: News Jeff Landers 2011
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Uncontrolled or runaway debt also has a long-term debilitating effect on a nation's economy.
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Yet one woman dies every minute and many more face long-term debilitating ill-health as a result of conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth.
WN.com - Articles related to Older mothers are simply a fact of modern life 2010
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