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debilitate

/dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/verb

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दुर्बल करना, कमज़ोर बनाना, शक्तिहीन करना

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verb
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    [T] ~ sb/sth formal

    to make somebody's body or mind weaker; to make a country or an organization weaker

    दुर्बल करना, कमज़ोर बनाना, शक्तिहीन करना

    • The long fever debilitated him for weeks.
    • Corruption debilitates the economy.
    • Years of poor diet debilitated the workers.
    + 2 more examples
    • Malaria can debilitate a person for a long time.
    • Long wars have debilitated the country's economy.

    Synonyms weaken enfeeble sap exhaust incapacitate

    Opposite strengthen invigorate fortify energize

◇Word family
debilitating adj.debility noun
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de·bil·i·tate

With -bili- (not 'debiliate' or 'debilitat'); the adjective debilitating (a debilitating illness), the noun debility (weakness).

बीच में -bili- ('debiliate' या 'debilitat' गलत है); adjective debilitating (a debilitating illness), noun debility (कमज़ोरी)।

?Which word?

Keep the weaken words together: debilitate, enfeeble, enervate (drain energy), sap (gradually weaken), undermine (weaken secretly).

कमज़ोर करने के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: debilitate, enfeeble, enervate (ऊर्जा निचोड़ना), sap (धीरे-धीरे कमज़ोर करना), undermine (चुपके से कमज़ोर करना)।