as in demoralizing
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as in weakening
to diminish the physical strength of
the heart surgery debilitated the college athlete beyond his worst fears
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Recent Examples of debilitating
Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Most recently, The Substance, widely touted as a tongue-in-cheek feminist narrative mocking the debilitating limits of Hollywood beauty culture, kills off its heroine (Demi Moore) in the most gruesome, punishing way.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Dec. 2024
Katie Camero, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024
Those affected live in a constant state of fear and avoidance, often experiencing debilitating panic that significantly impacts their quality of life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
McCone’s most debilitating symptom was shortness of breath.
—Farah Aziz Annesha, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025
Most recently, The Substance, widely touted as a tongue-in-cheek feminist narrative mocking the debilitating limits of Hollywood beauty culture, kills off its heroine (Demi Moore) in the most gruesome, punishing way.
—Valerie Monroe, Allure, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
Even after the painful, itchy rash disappeared, a cluster of debilitating symptoms—unrefreshing sleep, balance problems, brain fog, and an overwhelming fatigue that worsened with activity—strangely stuck around.
—Katie Camero, SELF, 17 Dec. 2024
Those affected live in a constant state of fear and avoidance, often experiencing debilitating panic that significantly impacts their quality of life.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debilitating
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Moffett also said artificial intelligence isn’t driving an upgrade cycle as hoped, noting that there is weakening demand in China along with antitrust concerns.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
8 Jan. 2025
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With high expectations for future new orders along with expanding current new orders, the outlooks for material handling and supply chain industries are positive, despite some weakening in the December MHI BAI report.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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An iron deficiency may lead to nail changes such as softening and weakness.—
Carrie Madormo, RN,
Health,
24 Dec. 2024
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Another indicator of a softening economy is Industrial Production.—
Robert Barone,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The influential hosts will dispense life advice off listener questions (unsurprising) with the help of an array of celebrity guests (even less surprising), including Issa Rae, Tyler Perry, fellow podcasters Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach, and probable self-help grifter Jay Shetty.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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David Phelan The leak says that in other ways the measurements of the iPhone 17 Pro Max are identical to the current Pro Max—which is unsurprising, given that the current look only debuted a few months ago, and Apple rarely changes a design significantly on an annual basis.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Debilitating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debilitating. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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