devitalize
to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.
Origin of devitalize
1- Also especially British, de·vi·tal·ise .
Other words from devitalize
- de·vi·tal·i·za·tion, noun
Words Nearby devitalize
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How to use devitalize in a sentence
These shoots are useless, devitalize the vine, and hinder vineyard operations.
Manual of American Grape-Growing | U. P. HedrickSometimes the impression of this diathesis is so intense as to devitalize the foetus in utero, causing still-birth.
Its effect must have also been to devitalize the oxygen and nitrogen of the atmosphere.
A Republic Without a President and Other Stories | Herbert WardHis opinions, whatever they are, do not devitalize his fiction.
The Critical Game | John Albert MacyNow will to devitalize the entire hand from the wrist to the finger-tips.
The Renaissance of the Vocal Art | Edmund Myer
British Dictionary definitions for devitalize
devitalise
/ (diːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless: the war devitalized the economy
Derived forms of devitalize
- devitalization or devitalisation, noun
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