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as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
prostrate marathoners typically spend the day after the race recovering
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as in to weaken
to diminish the physical strength of
an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia
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as in to paralyze
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine
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as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
a widow prostrated by crushing grief
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