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debilitate

[dih-bil-i-teyt] / dɪˈbɪl ɪˌteɪt /


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If you position that as your true purpose, a man’s failure to live up to your expectations will cease to debilitate you.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

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

“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




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