0 to make someone or something physically weak:
Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.
Even the volumes that had not been damaged during shipment were threatened, for they now faced the debilitating humidity of their new, tropical home.
State and society have been debilitated by the former's lack of legitimacy and by cumulative onslaughts on the economy and societal integrity.
This age corresponds with the development of extra-hepatic collaterals, which may provide a route for the passive migration of adult worms debilitated by anthelminthics.
It is our human condition to be mortal, vulnerable and, therefore, sick or debilitated.
However, in the same way as pathological fear and anxiety are debilitating, excessive sickness behaviour can be detrimental.
This failure to measure up is acutely painful and, at times, debilitating.
This may be due to the ageing of the population overtime, and due to better survival of people with chronic debilitating conditions.
While insults can be more unpleasant than injuries, the capacity to trade gibes does not imply debilitating pain.