devitalize
verb (used with object)
to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.
devitalise
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a variation of
devitalize.
Example Sentences
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If one of the varieties gain the ascendancy, the poisons produced by the others so devitalise the tissue cells, and diminish their power of resistance, that the virulence of the most active organisms is increased.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
