debilitation
an act or instance of making a person or thing weak or feeble, often in a specific way; the resulting state of weakness:Death or debilitation is statistically far more likely to occur by disease or accident than by malicious action.
Origin of debilitation
1Other words from debilitation
- non·de·bil·i·ta·tion, noun
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How to use debilitation in a sentence
Steve Levitt talks to Kwon about his debilitating childhood anxieties, his compulsion to choose the hardest path in life, and how Kwon used his obsession with game theory to stage a come-from-behind victory on Survivor.
Yul Kwon: “Don’t Try to Change Yourself All at Once.” (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 13) | Steven D. Levitt | January 30, 2021 | FreakonomicsI’ve taken medication and worked with a therapist for debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder, and I’m not sure if I’d be writing this article if I hadn’t.
In fact, the psychological mess I was in began to cause a real physical debilitation.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInherited debilitation and defect are further aggravated by present-day educational methods.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction | Arabella KenealyBut though bodily strength might be subdued, no mental debilitation seemed the consequence.
Mary Seaham, Volume 3 of 3 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey
Our physique fell away, and those already reduced to weakness suffered still further debilitation.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons | Henry Charles MahoneyThe infestations observed in five-lined skinks were not sufficiently severe to cause debilitation or any noticeable symptoms.
Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus | Henry S. FitchContraries, when near and militant, will be troublesome to each other, and seek each other's destruction or debilitation.
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