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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

“Symptoms such as persistent fatigue, breathlessness, brain fog and depression could debilitate many millions of people globally.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

Losing a player of that caliber – a perennial All-Star and former MVP -- would debilitate most teams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2020

But he happened to join the lab of a biologist who was studying a virus that can debilitate the blight fungus.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020

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

This plethora debilitates the industrial body, its functional activities are weakened.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

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

The footage showed a debilitated Haridasse making several attempts to get back on his feet while onlookers shouted encouragement.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Too much of it, alas, is spent recalling now dead or sadly debilitated family and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

And the other four Sherpas on our team were too cold and debilitated from having gone to the summit.

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

Before your next checkup, ask yourself a simple question: If the risk of cancer, heart disease or another debilitating disease became real for me tomorrow, what would I wish I had done today?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Much of the money has been wasted, financing factories and apartment blocks for which there isn’t enough demand, sparking debilitating price wars, and hurting profits and wages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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

This time she wept with no other emotion than grief, profound, debilitating, humble grief, forgetting all about him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller