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weakenverb to diminish the physical strength ofweeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste cripple, disable, hamstring, incapacitatedeplete, depress, exhaust, impoverish, unman, wash outdamage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, invalid, lay upbreak down, grind (down), wear down, wear outparalyze beef (up), fortify, strengthen energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalizeharden, season, toughen to lose bodily strength or vigorthe bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts decay, droop, emaciate, fade, fail, flag, go, lag, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), wilt, wither break down, wear outyielddegenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperategain to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substancesweakened the juice with too much water adulterate, cut, dilute, extend, lace, sophisticate, thin, water down loadbefoul, contaminate, corrupt, defile, dirty, envenom, foul, infect, poison, pollute, soil, spoil, sully, taintcheapen, debase, degrademanipulate, misrepresent, tamper (with)counterfeit, fake, falsify, fudgedoctor, spikeattenuate, moderate, qualify, temper enrich, fortify, richen, strengthen fertilize, lardaugment, reinforce(also reenforce), supplementdecontaminate, purifyclarify, clean, cleanse, distill(also distil), filter, flush, leach, pasteurize, purge, refinebetter, enhance, improvecompact, concentrate, condense weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor.weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power.a disease that weakens the body's defenses enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness.enfeebled by starvation debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength or vitality.the debilitating effects of surgery undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working surreptitiously and insidiously.a poor diet undermines your health drugs had sapped his ability to think cripple implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element.crippled by arthritis disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability.disabled by an injury sustained at work in 1530 |