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devitalize

[ dee-vahyt-l-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

devitalized, devitalizing.
  1. to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.


devitalize

/ 徱ːˈɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless

    the war devitalized the economy

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Derived Forms

  • ˌٲˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·t··tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of devitalize1

First recorded in 1840–50; de- + vitalize
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She was a tennis-playing nutritionist with a master's in biochemistry who was a critic of processed, "devitalized" foods and advocated for vitamin supplements.

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This can devitalize the plant to the point of it starting to die back.

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For progressive celebrators, “the risk of stifling, enervating, or devitalizing human society is not even part of their calculation.”

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Fernandez-Palacios was "just a pale reflection of an interfering, intrusive, badly educated, spoiled, capricious, devitalized and servile policy" that was submissive to the United States, the letter stated.

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Miller’s writing début may have been precipitated by her assault, but the final work devitalizes its horrific beginnings.

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