as in demoralizing
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as in weakening
to diminish the physical strength of
the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears
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Recent Examples of debilitating
Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Researchers don’t know whether ADHD drugs actually protect against the underlying causes of more debilitating brain diseases.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Doctors rapidly sequenced her genome and used an artificial intelligence tool known as Biomedical Data Translator to identify Klonopin in a vast database of available compounds as a drug with the characteristics to counteract many of the disorder’s debilitating effects.
—Casey Ross, STAT, 19 May 2026
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Adjective
Another brother, Maksim, is introduced early on as suffering a debilitating injury from the war.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Researchers don’t know whether ADHD drugs actually protect against the underlying causes of more debilitating brain diseases.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Verb
Phil Collins has struggled with debilitating health issues in recent years, but his days of performing may not be over.
—Jason Lamphier, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
Doctors rapidly sequenced her genome and used an artificial intelligence tool known as Biomedical Data Translator to identify Klonopin in a vast database of available compounds as a drug with the characteristics to counteract many of the disorder’s debilitating effects.
—Casey Ross, STAT, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debilitating
Adjective
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Cleveland's season ended with a resounding, demoralizing and embarrassing 130-93 loss on Monday night in Game 4 to the New York Knicks, who swept the series and advanced to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1999.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 May 2026
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An edgy confrontation The Rangers were still seething as Keenan attempted to address the team following a demoralizing 3-1 loss, with a few snapping back or muttering under their breath.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Verb
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Brooks Koepka, who rejoined the PGA Tour from LIV Golf in January, withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge at the last minute despite being originally scheduled to play, further weakening the field.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2026
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Second, some worry that some of the financial safeguards and market disciplines developed after previous crises may be weakening.—
Robert Ginsburg,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Others are voluntarily asking to see more patients because the most draining and time-consuming parts of their job are now handled by AI.—
FJ Campbell,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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Already carrying wider spans of control and shrinking development support, a manager operating against an outdated role definition is doing something more draining than managing a heavy workload.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Verb
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This caused the alpha-molybdenum trioxide to buckle under the stress, while at the same time softening the silica underneath.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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But some hotel bookings appear to be softening.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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But the most mentally fatiguing aspect, the work found, was having to constantly supervise the AI tools, with some employees overseeing multiple AI agents performing different tasks at the same time.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
12 Mar. 2026
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My friend was in course of opening up his country house unassisted, and after a fatiguing day discovered that the only practical bed was a child’s affair— long enough but scarcely wider than a crib.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But eventually, the structure itself needs to be questioned, because getting that balance right becomes the difference between retaining strong leaders and slowly exhausting them.—
Bronwen Sciortino,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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Sliding effortlessly from incisive observer to chaotic flirt to exhausting narcissist, Firstman is never not in on the joke.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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This week marked a discouraging milestone for American motorists.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
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In another discouraging signal, price increases accelerated by more in April than economists expected even after excluding gasoline and food costs.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
Verb
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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has announced a raft of landmark rule changes that will come into force ahead of this summer’s World Cup, with the overarching objectives being to tackle discrimination, cut time-wasting, increase match tempo and improve fan and player experience.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Getting warships into the water is hard enough without wasting funds on vessels unlikely ever to sail.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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“Debilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debilitating. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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