0 past simple and past participle of debilitate
1 to make someone or something physically weak:
Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.
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.
People debilitated by malnutrition will be all the more susceptible to disease whether known or new.
Animals which are debilitated, less active and less aggressive on the one hand but also less able to assess risk will be more vulnerable.
Under these conditions, cattle become anaemic, debilitated and, reportedly, sometimes die as a result of leech infestation.
A person who is frail, sick, tired, or otherwise debilitated, has less energy to expend on coping than a healthy, robust person.
These uncharacteristically unsympathetic comments were made at a time when he himself was greatly debilitated.
