to devitalize
- verb
- /dɪˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz/
:
desvitalizar
- They rejected the democratic idea of continuous participation, yet grasped the vital point that while democracy must be devitalized, it must not be eradicated.
Examples
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All devitalized soft tissue and skin must be excised.
Academic text (2010) -
The jurisprudence of the Second Amendment is represented by several cases that manifest a development in the courts that has substantially devitalized the Second Amendment's role in American federalism.
Academic text (1993) -
For now, they're not gonna devitalize it.
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Finally, the body becomes devitalized and loses its ability to resist stress.
Academic text (1990) -
The goal of surgery should be the removal of all devitalized bone and soft tissue.
Academic text (1995) -
The high percentage of coaches in this study who have trouble sleeping during the coaching season indicated that many coaches are becoming devitalized and are losing their ability to resist stress.
Academic text (1990) -
For Mallarm, the newspaper devitalized language, leaching it of its riches and transforming it into a sum of commercial tokens.
Academic text (2005) -
Class readings and discussions that foreground White PSTs' cultural sensitivity while marginalizing the perspectives of PSTs of color can be devitalizing and frustrating (Cochran-Smith, 2000).
Academic text (2014) -
After weeks of hard work without a break, the team's energy began to devitalize, and their performance dropped.
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Continuous exposure to pollution can devitalize plants, leaving them weak and unable to thrive.
Synonyms
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4.2
Gradually make someone's trust, belief, or support weaker over time
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6.1
To make someone lose confidence or hope
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7.7
To make a person, animal, or thing weak and less able to work
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8.8
To make something weaker or less effective
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5.5
To make a feeling, sound, or pain less strong
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9.0
Make someone feel weak and without energy
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9.8
Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well
To slowly take away energy and interest from people
Antonyms
How Depleting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word devitalize breaks into de- meaning 'remove' and vital meaning 'life', the same root you see in vitality and vitamin. So to devitalize something is to take away its 'life' or energy, which is why it means to make something less lively or energetic.