enfeebling
/ɛnˈfibəlɪŋ/
adjective
- Causing someone or something to become weak or feeble.
- The constant stress was enfeebling her ability to concentrate.
- Enfeebling droughts have ruined many farmers in the region.
- The long illness had an enfeebling effect on his muscles.
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noun
- The act or process of making someone or something weak.
- Historians studied the enfeebling of the empire after the war.
- The enfeebling of the old bridge was caused by years of neglect.
- The medicine slowed the enfeebling of his joints due to arthritis.