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debilitated

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verb

past tense of debilitate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for debilitated
Adjective
  • The Royals made a lot of weak contact, which resulted in a mix of groundouts.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Last week, a weaker-than-expected jobs report added to expectations of an imminent rate cut by the central bank.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The problem is that what gets cut isn’t always cosmetic, and sometimes the very safeguards designed to block harmful outputs, such as hate speech or criminal instructions, are weakened or lost.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the latest jobs report confirmed that the labor market weakened sharply over the spring and summer and that sectors most affected by tariffs have seen the biggest losses.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The feeble report all but confirms a Fed interest rate cut later this month and raises at least the possibility of a half point – rather than a typical quarter point - reduction, Saunders said.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The Valkyries have sold out each of their 18 home games this season, 18,064 packing out Chase Center regardless of how mighty or feeble the opposition is.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The sheer scale of Hosoda’s success may have softened his storytelling instincts, even if the aesthetics are occasionally remarkable.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Contemporary forms and sleek materials are softened with touches of warmth, organic textures, and colorful accents for interiors that feel modern but never cold.
    Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Talking to Bill Nighy about his star turn as a frail and at times broken novelist in & Sons is rather hampered by the British actor not having seen director Pablo Trapero’s father-and-son drama on a screen of any size ahead of its world premiere on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … MOUNTING AILMENTS – Biden undergoes surgery for skin cancer as frail appearance fuels new questions.
    , FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With all other options seemingly exhausted, Una and Spock decide to take another path by getting in touch with their crewmates’ katras, roughly the Vulcan term for the soul, though the Vulcans would probably not want to use that term.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The group exhausted legal remedies after a February 2025 Kentucky Supreme Court ruling that upheld a 2021 Metro Council vote to strip the building of its local landmark status, clearing the way for demolition.
    Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Two women – his mom Elsie Lucero who cared tirelessly for his late-brother Eddie, who was physically and mentally disabled, and his late sister Margie who died of cancer in 2018 and adored her daughter Sarah who has Angelman Syndrome, an extreme form of Down Syndrome.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Access to Work helps employers hire disabled people 100% of employers said their disabled staff would struggle to do their jobs without it.
    Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Debilitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debilitated. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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