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debilitating

verb , present participle of debilitate

Synonyms and Antonyms of debilitating

to diminish the physical strength of

the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears

Synonyms of debilitating

devitalizing, enervating, enfeebling, etiolating, prostrating, sapping, softening, tiring, wasting, weakening

Words Related to debilitating

crippling, disabling, hamstringing, incapacitating

depleting, depressing, exhausting, impoverishing, unmanning, washing out

damaging, harming, hurting, impairing, injuring, invaliding, laying up

breaking down, grinding (down), wearing down, wearing out

Near Antonyms of debilitating

energizing, invigorating, recruiting, rejuvenating, vitalizing

hardening, seasoning, toughening

Antonyms of debilitating

beefing (up), fortifying, strengthening

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