devitalises
Drains of vigor
Devitalises is the British spelling of devitalizes, meaning to drain of vitality or life force.
The word describes removing energy, strength, or essential qualities from something: Years of budget cuts have devitalised the agency.
It applies to people, institutions, or anything that can lose its vigor or effectiveness.
Make feeble or frail
- debilitateTo make weak
- enervateTo drain of strength
- exhaustUse up entirely
- impairTo diminish or damage
undermine · deplete · diminish · sap · drain · fatigue · attenuate · incapacitate
enfeeble
Make feeble or frail
- debilitateTo make weak
- enervateTo drain of strength
- exhaustUse up entirely
impair · undermine · deplete · diminish · sap · drain · fatigue · attenuate · incapacitate · disable
wither
Dry and decay
- atrophyWasting from disuse
- deteriorateGrow worse over time
- degenerateDecline morally or physically
decline · languish · wilt · fade · shrivel · stagnate · desiccate · necrose · perish · rot
leach
Extract by percolation
strip · rob · starve · bleed · milk · hollow · gut · empty · divest · denude
devitalisesenergises
Gives strength and liveliness
invigorates · revitalises · enlivens · animates · rejuvenates