as in weak
lacking bodily strength
patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery
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as in weakened
to diminish the physical strength of
an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine
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as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress
a widow prostrated by crushing grief
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as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall
the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow
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Beijing can mitigate this with more stimulus, export controls and a weaker currency, although these steps carry risks such as capital flight, debt and further trade conflict.David Kirton, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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His efforts have been challenged by weak consumer sentiment in countries including the US and China.Owen Tripp, Fortune Europe, 24 Oct. 2024
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Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
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On the sheer upper slopes of one of the world's most unforgiving peaks, mountaineers, determined to reach the world's second-highest summit in a record-breaking string of ascents, appear to step over the prostrate body of Muhammad Hassan - a Pakistani porter who later died.Eve Sampson, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
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Parsons, having disentangled himself from a Bears tackle, retracing his steps and leaping over a prostrate Montgomery to recover the fumble.Dallas News, Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2022
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The spirit of resistance may prove too frail, and too exhausted, to rise again to the contest.Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Videos of the 90-year-old Four Seasons frontman have gone viral on social media platforms like TikTok in recent weeks due to the singer appearing frail and disoriented on stage.Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
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Not after a season of off-field adversity, including his 3-year-old son Max’s battle with a frightening case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in August, briefly leaving him paralyzed.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
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The takeaway here is not to become paralyzed by the fear of misinterpretation but rather to approach communication with humility and openness.Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Proposition 19 allows homeowners 55 and older, the severely disabled or the victims of a wildfire to take their lower Proposition 13 tax base with them (up to three times) anywhere in California.Jeff Lazerson, Orange County Register, 25 Oct. 2024
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Data also focused on women and people of color within directorial teams as well as both LGBTQ+ and disabled members of directorial teams.Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Prostrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prostrated. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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