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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /dəˈbɪləteɪt/

動詞

debilitate (third-person singular simple present debilitates, present participle debilitating, simple past and past participle debilitated)

1. (transitive) To make feeble; to weaken.

   Synonyms: enervate, enfeeble, weaken

   The American Dream suffered a debilitating effect after the subprime crisis.

   • 2015 March 12, Daniel Taylor, “Chelsea out of Champions League after Thiago Silva sends 10-man PSG through on away goals”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     Twice, they found themselves behind, seemingly on their way out, and on both occasions they absolutely refused to let their lack of numbers debilitate them.

派生語

関連する語

• debile
• debility
• debilitation
• debilitating

参考

• enervate

Further reading

• “debilitate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “debilitate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.