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Emaciate

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

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Debilitate 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drain 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Enfeeble 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emaciation 74% connected

The act of making very lean.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emaciation 74% connected

The act of making very lean.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maceration 74% connected

The act or process of macerating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maceration 74% connected

The act or process of macerating.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Macerate 92% connected

To make lean; to cause to waste away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Waste 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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