debilitate
de|bili|tate /dɪb'ɪlɪteɪt/ (debilitates debilitating debilitated)
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by n
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.
● debilitating [ADJ]
...a debilitating illness.
● debilitated [ADJ]
Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously.
2 [VERB] V n
To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. (FORMAL)
...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.
● debilitating [ADJ]
...years of debilitating economic crisis.
● debilitated [ADJ]
...the debilitated ruling party.
1 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed by n
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.
● debilitating [ADJ]
...a debilitating illness.
● debilitated [ADJ]
Occasionally a patient is so debilitated that he must be fed intravenously.
2 [VERB] V n
To debilitate an organization, society, or government means to gradually make it weaker. (FORMAL)
...their efforts to debilitate the political will of the Western alliance.
● debilitating [ADJ]
...years of debilitating economic crisis.
● debilitated [ADJ]
...the debilitated ruling party.