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Debilitate

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

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Emaciate 76% connected

To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh.

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Macerate 76% connected

To make lean; to cause to waste away.

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Waste 76% connected

Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.

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Weaken 76% connected

To make weak; to lessen the strength of; to deprive of strength; to debilitate; to enfeeble; to enervate; as, to weaken the body or the mind; to weak…

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Drain 92% connected

To draw off by degrees; to cause to flow gradually out or off; hence, to cause the exhaustion of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Enfeeble 92% connected

To make feeble; to deprive of strength; to reduce the strength or force of; to weaken; to debilitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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