devitalize
🇬🇧 UK/,di:'vaitəlaiz/🇺🇸 US/di:'vaitәlaiz/
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Definitions
v.
To deprive of vitality or energy; to weaken or make lifeless.
使失去活力;削弱元气
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-deriveddedown, away, reversal
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alrelating to, having the nature of
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izeto make, to become
=devitalize
Example Sentences
- 1.
The long illness devitalized him, leaving him weak and exhausted.