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adjective
- 1. in a very weakened and infirm state: "a debilitated patient"
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DEBILITATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of debilitate 2. to make someone or something physically weak: . Learn more.
to make someone or something physically weak: Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him. Synonyms. drain. enfeeble formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervatingly. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom.
verb. de· bil· i· tate di-ˈbi-lə-ˌtāt. dē- debilitated; debilitating. Synonyms of debilitate. transitive verb. : to impair the strength of : enfeeble. sailors debilitated by scurvy. an economy debilitated by years of civil war. debilitation. di-ˌbi-lə-ˈtā-shən. dē- noun. Did you know?
verb (used with object) , de·bil·i·tat·ed, de·bil·i·tat·ing. to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely. Synonyms: devitalize, enervate, deplete, weaken. debilitate. / dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪt / verb. tr to make feeble; weaken.
Define debilitated. debilitated synonyms, debilitated pronunciation, debilitated translation, English dictionary definition of debilitated. adj. Showing impairment of energy or strength; enfeebled. See Synonyms at weak.
to make someone or something physically weak: Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him. Synonyms. drain. enfeeble formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated. dull. ease. emasculation. enervate. enervatingly. fade. hedge. melt. relieve. tottering. turn to jelly idiom.
If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. [ formal ] Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.
