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emaciating

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present participle of emaciate

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to lose bodily strength or vigor
  • without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate

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“Emaciating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emaciating. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.

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