Deprive+of+vigor

  • 41enervates — en·er·vate || enɜːveɪt v. weaken, make weak, deprive of mental or physical vigor …

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  • 42enervating — adj. debilitative, impairing, weakening; that causes debilitation en·er·vate || enɜːveɪt v. weaken, make weak, deprive of mental or physical vigor …

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  • 43deplete — vb Deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt are comparable when they mean to deprive a thing in whole or in part of what is essential or necessary to its existence or potency. Deplete is often used as though it implied merely a reduction in… …

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  • 44unnerve — unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate can all mean to deprive of strength or vigor and of the capacity for endurance, overcoming difficulties, or making progress. Unnerve implies marked loss of courage, steadiness, and self control or of power to… …

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  • 45weaken — weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable can mean to lose or cause to lose, strength, vigor, or energy. Weaken, the most general term of this group, most frequently implies loss of the physical strength or functional… …

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  • 46enervate — en•er•vate v. [[t]ˈɛn ərˌveɪt[/t]] adj. [[t]ɪˈnɜr vɪt[/t]] v. vat•ed, vat•ing, adj. 1) to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken 2) lacking strength or vitality; enervated • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L ēnervātus, ptp. of… …

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  • 47maim — To cripple or mutilate in any way. To inflict upon a person any injury which deprives him of the use of any limb or member of the body, or renders him lame or defective in bodily vigor. To inflict bodily injury; to seriously wound or disfigure;… …

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  • 48maim — To cripple or mutilate in any way. To inflict upon a person any injury which deprives him of the use of any limb or member of the body, or renders him lame or defective in bodily vigor. To inflict bodily injury; to seriously wound or disfigure;… …

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  • 49castrate — [kas′trāt΄] vt. castrated, castrating [< L castratus, pp. of castrare, to castrate, prune: for IE base see CASTE] 1. a) to remove the testicles of; emasculate; geld b) Rare to remove the ovaries of; spay 2. to deprive of essential virility,… …

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  • 50emasculate — [ē mas′kyo͞o lāt΄, ē mās′kyəlāt΄; imas′kyo͞o lāt΄; ] for adj [., i mas′kyəlit] vt. emasculated, emasculating [< L emasculatus, pp. of emasculare < e , out + masculus, MASCULINE] 1. to deprive (a male) of the power to reproduce, as by… …

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