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devitalizeverb to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitalityoveruse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech castrate, damp, dampen, deaden, dehydrate, desiccate, enervate, geld, lobotomize, petrify burn out, debilitate, do in, drain, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, sap, tucker (out), undermine, weaken, wear, wear outdaunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify arouse, rouse, stircharge, electrify, galvanizeexcite, ferment, fire, foment, incite, inflame(also enflame), instigate, kindle, provoke, spark, trigger, whip (up)abet, boost, buoy, cheer, embolden, fortify, hearten, inspire, liftreactivate, reanimate, reawake, reawaken, recharge, reenergize, refresh, regenerate, rejuvenate, rekindle, renew, resurrect, resuscitate, revitalize, revive to diminish the physical strength ofshe was devitalized by the infection debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste, weaken 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 in 1849 |