debilitate

Both brothers died of Hungtington’s disease, a genetic disorder that began to severely debilitate them during their 30s.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

Surrender to dissidents and allow a small group of extremists to debilitate his office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

But such remarks debilitate and isolate students, making them feel as if they don’t belong in an area where they should feel welcomed.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023

It is a necessary path forward in thinking about how to manage emerging technologies so they support and uplift, rather than dehumanize and debilitate, our society.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021

He needed to be better about that, about letting the nightmares debilitate him.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Ultimately, the goal is to identify potential genetic targets to treat or even cure the chronic metabolic disease that affects and sometimes debilitates more than 400 million adults worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Federation.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2024

The more the gestation progresses, the more her mind debilitates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2023

For this Global Reach Challenge, Sir Ranulph will have to overcome vertigo and Cheyne-Stokes, a condition which debilitates his breathing above 16,000 feet.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2016

It debilitates me to think that my actions have caused her emotional and physical stress that is completely unwarranted and unfair.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2016

Long hair, of course, requires more nutriment than scanty locks, and some physicians have been of opinion that their great length debilitates.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The “long on the road” theme continues in the infectious, fiddle-driven “I Got a Feelin’,” which offers encouragement for a long struggling and debilitated performer: “gotta feelin’ that this song ain’t over yet.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

It has effectively debilitated us from being able to enforce it in most contexts we’ve used it in in the past.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026

On the other hand, a greatly debilitated Cuban government has few cards to play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

In the meantime, she was becoming more debilitated.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

It was a pathetic sight: we were all so debilitated that it took the group an incredibly long time just to descend the few hundred feet to the snow slope immediately below.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

He has since been told the cancer has cleared awaiting his one-year review, but the operation has left him in debilitating pain.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

He continues to live with memory loss, chronic pain and debilitating headaches.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Also known as “breakbone fever” — the painful, debilitating disease, which can be fatal, is caused by a virus adapted to an invasive, African mosquito known as Aedes aegypti.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

"It's very painful, and it's very debilitating in many respects, but he's still out there. He's still doing his thing...he so believes in this country."

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Oliver was in Sweden recuperating from a debilitating stroke he had suffered in August 1989.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela