Sample sentences for DEBILITATE

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Definition

to weaken

She suffers from debilitating migraine headaches.

The policy, if enacted, will damage and debilitate the economy.
The chemo-therapy is debilitating.
many people began to harbor parasites, which were not fatal in themselves but were seriously debilitating to those who had had radiation sickness.
John Hersey -- Hiroshima

debilitating = weakening

Oliver was in Sweden recuperating from a debilitating stroke he had suffered in August 1989.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
The physical injuries were lasting, debilitating, and sometimes deadly.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
But he had one habit so evil that I wished debilitating illness would befall him.
Piper Kerman -- Orange Is the New Black
As I help him up, I become aware of something scarier than the blisters, more debilitating than the burns.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
Some of the most painful and debilitating injuries are the hardest to prove.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation
The debilitated cousin supposes he is " 'normously rich fler."
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
The debilitating attacks sensitized him; actions that previously had caused him no trouble could now leave him writhing on the ground.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
No, perhaps for her sake, toward love, as to something that had undermined and debilitated her.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
"You never know," he stated, "what our enemies are thinking, or how they will try to debilitate us."
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
Placing those so debilitated in proximity to the Special Action seems warranted by the circumstances.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
You haf a malfunctioning chip, you get debilitating headaches, and your leadership skills are sadly much less than ve had hoped for.
James Patterson -- Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Cancer, heart disease, and most debilitating illnesses are almost entirely eradicated.
Ally Condie -- Matched
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.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
Even in the grip of agonizing pain or complete debilitation, most jockeys clung to their illusion of invulnerability.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Seabiscuit

(editor's note: 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.)

Her diseases are usually tropical and debilitating, but only occasionally deadly.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
The age old defense bought her a few seconds, but lacked the power to debilitate.
J.D. Robb -- Naked in Death

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