as in weakening
to diminish the physical strength of
the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears
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as in demoralizing
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Recent Examples of debilitating
Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Anyone who has ever suffered from a repetitive strain injury or carpal tunnel syndrome will know how debilitating and painful those kind of injuries can be.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
In 2020, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease after months of debilitating fatigue, brain fog, and memory loss.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The arrival of this large spider wasp with buzzing red wings that can inflict a debilitating, albeit temporary, sting certainly captured my attention.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
Anyone who has ever suffered from a repetitive strain injury or carpal tunnel syndrome will know how debilitating and painful those kind of injuries can be.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Price, 38, has not played since April 2022, as a debilitating knee injury has ended his remarkable career, which could culminate in his election to the Hockey Hall of Fame as soon as next year.
—Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
In 2020, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease after months of debilitating fatigue, brain fog, and memory loss.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debilitating
Verb
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Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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To have all that flipped on its side, turned around 180 degrees and made to seem dark and sinister, that's very demoralizing and heartbreaking.—
Michal Ruprecht,
NPR,
10 Sep. 2025
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Watching what’s unfolding around us can be demoralizing.—
Stacey Abrams,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The economic environment remains foggy, with uncertainty around tariffs and a labor market that, while softening in some areas, remains remarkably resilient in others.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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This stands in sharp contrast to struggling sectors like multifamily, which are contending with softening rents and oversupply in formerly high-growth markets.—
Andrew DeNardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By aligning strategic work with those rhythms, productivity can feel more natural and less draining.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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For more than a century, the region has been caught in a thrilling but exhausting economic romance.—
Reid Rasner,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jones remained on Ohio's death row for decades, exhausting most of his appeals, until Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Wende Cross overturned his murder conviction, freed him from prison and granted him a new trial two years ago.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Grand Luna has an unprecedented high-frequency extension that goes as high as 30kHz, while remaining smooth, non-fatiguing, and eliminating harshness or sibilance thanks to Campfire’s acoustic engineering.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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To avoid wasting time and money, leaders need a simple rule.—
Rishit Lakhani,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But slow oxygen chemistry has remained a stubborn bottleneck, wasting energy and shortening battery life.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The discouraging part was just the lack of adjustments as the game went.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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Iamaleava, the Tennessee transfer, threw for just 136 yards with one touchdown and an interception in a discouraging Bruins debut at the Rose Bowl.—
Matt Wadleigh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Debilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debilitating. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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