- past participle of debilitate.
- past tense form of debilitate.
debilitated
Example Sentences
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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
The footage showed a debilitated Haridasse making several attempts to get back on his feet while onlookers shouted encouragement.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
The abrupt cessation of care prompted my debilitated mom’s eviction from an assisted living facility.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2025
It was a pathetic sight: we were all so debilitated that it took the group an incredibly long time just to descend the few hundred feet to the snow slope immediately below.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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