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What (who) is debilitate - definition
debilitate
v. a.
Weaken, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, prostrate, relax, render weak, make languid.
debilitate
[d?'b?l?te?t]
¦ verb [often as adjective debilitating] make very weak and infirm.
Derivatives
debilitatingly adverb
debilitation noun
debilitative adjective
Origin
C16 (earlier (ME) as debilitation): from L. debilitat-, debilitare 'weaken', from debilitas, from debilis 'weak'.
Examples of use of debilitate
1. In fact, we were merely embarking on yet another arduous journey, one that would last decades and nearly debilitate the Jewish state.
2. It was designed to "physically and psychologically debilitate an individual‘s ability to resist, with the primary objective of forcing compliance," according to Kleinman‘s testimony.
3. At a minimum, Lebanese officials fear that the repeated attacks on water facilities — as well as bridges, highways, power plants and roads — signal an intention to debilitate Hezbollah–dominated southern Lebanon and enable a long–term Israeli presence there.
4. British society is generally happy to screen for conditions such as thalassaemia, cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Huntington‘s disease and other illnesses that kill or debilitate in youth or middle age.
5. "In the context of the dispute for power with all eyes on the election of 2006, these publications are part of a strategy that is trying to discredit people so as to debilitate institutions and denigrate politics," the statement said.