debilitate
verb (used with object)
to make weak or feeble; enfeeble.
is debilitating
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present progressiveof debilitate (3rd person singular).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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Doing that while we are living in legal limbo, not knowing whether we can stay permanently or whether we might be asked to return, is debilitating.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2023
But true obsessive-compulsive disorder is debilitating and leads to significant suffering.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2022
"Long Covid is debilitating, so please, get vaccinated. I wouldn't want anyone else to go through what I have," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2021
The 2000 race, in particular, stemmed from McCain’s conviction that campaign finance reform was the essential gateway to larger reforms that could combat what he called “the pervasive cynicism that is debilitating our democracy.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2020
The perspiration induced by exercise is healthful, because it increases the appetite; but the perspiration produced by excess of clothing is debilitating.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Catharine Esther Beecher
