enervate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
are enervating
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present progressiveof enervate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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See, without knowing it, you are enervating the defence.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
For a short time in the midsummer of each year, Sydney is visited regularly by moist sea breezes, which are enervating to many persons.
From The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken by Philip E. Muskett
