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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

But new evidence suggests a bone disease that can debilitate modern cats and dogs, and even some of their humans, may have also played a role.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

But while the government managed to arrest Guzmán, it did not seek to debilitate the cartel’s army, he wrote — allowing the organization to remain intact.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 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

Sea-scurvy is caused by salt diet, the perpetual stimulus of which debilitates the venous and absorbent systems.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

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

In Lindo’s final scene, with West Indian Archie debilitated from a stroke, the actor improvised, collapsing into Washington and urging him to exercise Archie’s paralyzed right arm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

An infection—probably typhoid fever— had left her so debilitated the year before that she had needed twenty-four-hour nursing care for months.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

The crisis was intensified by a debilitating leadership tussle.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

“He was hospitalized for many weeks and continues to have permanent and debilitating burn injuries that affect every aspect of his daily life.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

The doctor diagnosed various problems, some lethal, all apparently debilitating, and left me taking various medications and endless rituals of check-ins and checkouts and tests and retests....

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen