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Meanings of debilitative in English

Causing debilitation.

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        Examples for "weakening"
        Examples for "weakening"
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        Any weakening of consumer confidence could hit Linden Homes' market in particular.
        Reuters
        2
        And China is actually one possible weakening link in the BRIC strategy.
        Reuters
        3
        The results will be a centralisation of power and weakening of democracy.
        The Guardian
        4
        The industry fears one of the best practices would include weakening encryption.
        Reuters
        5
        Growth rates across the developed world have been weakening for 50 years.
        The Irish Times
        1
        These are the results of the easy luxury of an enervating high-life.
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
        2
        The darkness enfolded her like the enervating caress of a sombre universe.
        The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
        3
        There is something enervating to a northern race in these subtropical climates.
        The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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        Besides this, the talk of intervention had an enervating effecton the commandos.
        On Commando
        5
        It is enervating, and makes one eye swell up and turn blue.
        Remarks
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        His mind was naturally feeble; and he had received an enfeebling education.
        Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
        2
        Proportional representation systems in Europe were derided as dangerous and enfeebling.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The plan proceeds expressly on the idea of enfeebling the regular executory power.
        Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches
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        A weakened Fairtrade portends the enfeebling of the very idea of fair trade.
        The Guardian
        5
        I hope that Mr. Lincoln will know how to resist these enfeebling influences.
        The Uprising of a Great People / The United States in 1861. to W...