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devitalize

[ dee-vahyt-l-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, de·vi·tal·ized, de·vi·tal·iz·ing.

devitalize

/ diːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz /

tr to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
the war devitalized the economy

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First recorded in 1840–50; de- + vitalize

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These shoots are useless, devitalize the vine, and hinder vineyard operations.

Sometimes the impression of this diathesis is so intense as to devitalize the foetus in utero, causing still-birth.

Its effect must have also been to devitalize the oxygen and nitrogen of the atmosphere.

His opinions, whatever they are, do not devitalize his fiction.

Now will to devitalize the entire hand from the wrist to the finger-tips.

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