DEBILITATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does debilitate mean? • DEBILITATE (verb)
The verb DEBILITATE has 1 sense:
1. make weak
Familiarity information: DEBILITATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEBILITATE (verb)
Meaning:
Make weak
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
debilitate; enfeeble; drain
Context example:
Life in the camp drained him
Hypernyms (to "debilitate" is one way to...):
weaken (lessen the strength of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "debilitate"):
emaciate; macerate; waste (cause to grow thin or weak)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
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