enfeebling
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Definition(s):
- (adj) causing debilitation
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Usage(s):
- Lack of oxygen stimulates instead of enfeebling these secondary centres, and they send out stronger and stronger impulses to the respiration muscles.
- The secret of father Sitwell's impressiveness was not so much that he was very rich but that he never so much as recognized such enfeebling concepts as self-doubt and humility.
- Saddam is not the only one worried about the Kurds; the allies, who, by enfeebling Saddam, made the Kurdish victories possible, are concerned too.
Quotes
- "The two measures will put Australia at the forefront of fighting this enfeebling disease," Mr Howard told residents of a nursing home at Marsfield in Sydney's north-west.on Dec 17, 2006 By: John Howard Source: Sydney Morning Herald
- As French lawyer and economist Brillat-Savarin wrote in his book, The Physiology of Taste, salad "freshens without enfeebling and fortifies without irritating."on Mar 4, 2009 By: Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Source: Philippine Star
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