debilitating

[ US /dəˈbɪɫəˌteɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɪbˈɪlɪtˌe‍ɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. impairing the strength and vitality
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How To Use debilitating In A Sentence

  • Interstitial cystitis is a severely debilitating disease of the urinary bladder.
  • Even the hungriest pests and most debilitating diseases won't bother it. Times, Sunday Times
  • He carried on working despite the debilitating effects of the spinal disease transverse myelitis. Times, Sunday Times
  • The old kind -- filled with silicone gel -- were linked to debilitating health problems, so-called connective-tissue diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Health: New Year, New Breasts?
  • There have been skyscraping highs and crushing, debilitating lows. The Sun
  • There is a growing recognition of the debilitating effects of teen drug use, teen pregnancy and violence.
  • Debilitating injures were commonplace in work areas with slippery floors and stairways, and heavy unguarded machinery.
  • He was no cynic and he had been successful in love several times, but he agreed: love could be debilitating. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
  • It was not until a certain jet-black-haired songbird had the courage to step forward and let the world know she suffered from this debilitating affliction that I knew I too could stand tall, gassy burning throat and all.
  • After more than 50 years of searching, scientists have discovered a key gene that enables certain bacteria to cause blindness and debilitating genital tract infections.
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