debilitate

Example Sentences

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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