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debilitate

[dih-bil-i-tayt] / dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt /


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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

At the beginning of a period of pain we stand it well, as a rule, but its continual nagging debilitates us and heightens our susceptibility until we cannot nerve ourselves to further endurance.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

And Venezuela lacks the institutional bandwidth to respond, with many of its hospitals debilitated by years of mismanagement, a lack of drugs, power outages and the exodus of young doctors seeking a better life abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

He located Lopsang, but the Sherpa, like Adams, was too debilitated to go out into the storm.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

"Cancer immunotherapy works by creating a lasting immune response against tumors, but that same persistence may also contribute to recurring inflammatory side effects that can be debilitating for patients," Nurieva said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Chronic low back pain is a debilitating and costly medical issue that affects 13% of Americans.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Manganiello detailed debilitating abdominal pain, fevers, rashes, headaches, fatigue and ulcers in his digestive tract that caused bleeding and led to countless colonoscopies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Guilfoyle’s attorney, Binnall, said: “Ambassador Guilfoyle will never apologize for offering to help shed light on a case in which 1,000 children underwent unnecessary, invasive, and debilitating surgeries at that man’s hands.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander


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