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debilitate
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  • The trials of my youth instilled a debilitating self-doubt.†  (source)
  • We've been trying to understand why in you, there's no debilitating effect.†  (source)
  • Langdon's aversion to closed spaces was by no means debilitating, but it had always frustrated him.†  (source)
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  • Cancer, heart disease, and most debilitating illnesses are almost entirely eradicated.†  (source)
  • The poor were already severely debilitated by hunger and had no protection from the cold, since they could not possibly afford fuel.†  (source)
  • And Behrens did not neglect to note that, under such circumstances, one could not entirely dismiss the risk of chronic debilitation in even the most robust constitution.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • "You never know," he stated, "what our enemies are thinking, or how they will try to debilitate us."†  (source)
  • He keeps his gaze locked on mine in his debilitating eye-hold while he stretches.†  (source)
  • And the other four Sherpas on our team were too cold and debilitated from having gone to the summit.†  (source)
  • Even in the grip of agonizing pain or complete debilitation, most jockeys clung to their illusion of invulnerability.†  (source)
  • The age old defense bought her a few seconds, but lacked the power to debilitate.†  (source)
  • But the most debilitating was a burning sensation in his hands and feet; relentless, pulsing, it would leave him unable to focus on anything else.†  (source)
  • Writing to Morris three days before Christmas, Washington said he thought the enemy was waiting for two events only before marching on Philadelphia— "Ice for a passage, and the dissolution of the poor remains of our debilitated army."†  (source)
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