devitalize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: de=vi=tal=ize

OXFORD DICTIONARY

devitalize, v.tr. (also -ise) take away strength and vigour from.

Derivative

devitalization n.

THESAURUS

devitalize

abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, castrate, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, demasculinize, deprive, derange, desex, desexualize, disable, disorder, dry up, dull, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hospitalize, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, lay low, lay up, mitigate, rattle, reduce, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, sterilize, unbrace, undermine, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken