debilitate
Word family adjectivedebiledebilitatingdebilitativenoundebilitationdebilityverbdebilitate
de·bil·i·tate /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪt/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 WEAKto make someone ill and weak 使虚弱，使衰弱 He was debilitated by his illness. 他由于生病身体虚弱。
2 HARM/BE BAD FORto make an organization or system less effective or powerful 削弱，使无力 The state is debilitated by inefficiency and corruption. 那个国家因低效和腐败而衰落了。
—debilitating adjectiveadj a debilitating disease 一种使人虚弱的疾病