de-energizes
Shuts the current
De-energizes means to cut power to something, especially an electrical system or component: The technician de-energized the circuit before making repairs.
The term appears in technical and safety contexts where removing electrical current is a deliberate, documented step.
Figuratively, to de-energize is to drain enthusiasm or vitality from something: The endless meetings de-energized the whole team.
Deprives of sensation
- sedatesDrugs to calm
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- stupefiesOverwhelms with astonishment
- slowsDecreases in speed
subdues · dampens · deadens · stultifies · lulls · bores · demotivates · disheartens
Pipes removing wastewater
- sapsErodes vitality slowly
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- emptiesDrains or depleted containers
- depletesUses until gone
withdraws · siphons · extracts · removes · diminishes · reduces · dissipates · consumes
Severely reduces capacity
- enfeeblesMakes weak or feeble
- sapsErodes vitality slowly
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- impairsLessens effectiveness or strength
enervates · cripples · softens · attenuates · disempowers · incapacitates · destabilizes · compromises
Rubber wheel coverings
- weariesCauses exhaustion
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- wears outDegrades through friction
- overtiresFatigues beyond healthy limits
overworks · prostrates · debilitates · burns out · knocks out · frazzles · spent · poops out
numbs
Deprives of sensation
- sedatesDrugs to calm
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- stupefiesOverwhelms with astonishment
slows · subdues · dampens · deadens · stultifies · lulls · bores · demotivates · disheartens · dispirits
drains
Pipes removing wastewater
depletes · withdraws · siphons · extracts · removes · diminishes · reduces · dissipates · consumes · erodes
debilitates
Severely reduces capacity
- enfeeblesMakes weak or feeble
- sapsErodes vitality slowly
- underminesWeakens by stealth
impairs · enervates · cripples · softens · attenuates · disempowers · incapacitates · destabilizes · compromises · hamstrings
tires
Rubber wheel coverings
overtires · overworks · prostrates · debilitates · burns out · knocks out · frazzles · spent · poops out · bushes
de-energizesenergizes
Infuses with vigor
activates · charges · powers up · reenergizes · powers
de-energizesenergizes
Infuses with vigor
invigorates · revitalizes · galvanizes · stimulates · enlivens
de-energize, de-energized, de-energizing, energize, energizes, energized, energizing, energizer, energizers