debilitating

/ dɪˈbɪlɪˌteɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. tending to weaken or enfeeble

Example Sentences

Jacob was diagnosed with the rare condition when he was a few days old, and since developed gastrointestinal dystonia, a debilitating stomach condition caused by neurological impairment.

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"It was heartbreaking, debilitating, frustrating… I was stopped in my tracks. I'm still probably working through a range of emotions," he admitted.

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“The Dream” also explores her complicated relationship to death following that debilitating bus accident, one of her signature themes.

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The prime minister has made much of his background, repeatedly mentioning in speeches his father was a toolmaker and his mother a nurse, who suffered from a debilitating form of arthritis known as Still's disease.

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Jaguar Land Rover said Friday it swung to a quarterly loss of almost $750 million after stopping its assembly lines in September to manage a debilitating hack.

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