Devitalize

Synonyms for "devitalize" (56 found)

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abate afflict attenuate blunt castrate cramp cripple damp dampen deaden debilitate demasculinize

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demoralize deprive derange desex desexualize desiccate destroy disable disorderdry updull effeminize emasculate enervate enfeeble

Verb(1 words)

devitalise

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etiolate eviscerate exhaust extenuate gruel hospitalize incapacitate indispose invalidlay lowlay upmitigate rattle reduce sap shakeshake upsickensoften upsterilize

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take the edge offunbrace undermine unman unnerve unstrengthen unstring weaken

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weaken

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Near-synonym: deanimate

Source: wiktionary

Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls.

Source: wiktionary

Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era.

Source: wiktionary

Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.

Source: wiktionary

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