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debilitated adjective [ dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪd ]

• in a very weakened and infirm state.
• "a debilitated patient"

debilitate verb

• make (someone) very weak and infirm.
• "he was severely debilitated by a stomach upset"
Similar: weakening, enfeebling, enervating, enervative, devitalizing, draining, sapping, wearing, exhausting, tiring, impairing, crippling, paralysing,
Opposite: restorative,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin debilitat- ‘weakened’, from the verb debilitare, from debilitas (see debility).


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