Debilitate

v. t.

1.

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debilitating.] Various ails debilitate the mind. - Jenyns. The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. - Sir W. Scott.

Verb

1.

debilitate - make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" Synonyms: enfeeble, drain

abate, afflict, attenuate, beat, blunt, bugger, burn out, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, de-energize, deaden, derange, devitalize, disable, disenable, disorder, do in, do up, drain, dull, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, fag, fag out, fatigue, flag, frazzle, gruel, hamstring, harass, hors de combat, hospitalize, hurt, inactivate, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, jade, kibosh, knock out, knock up, lame, lay low, lay up, maim, mar, mitigate, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, poop, poop out, prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, rattle, reduce, sabotage, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, spike, spoil, tire, tire out, tire to death, tucker, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, use up, weaken, wear, wear down, wear on, wear out, weary, wilt, wind, wing, wreck

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