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To weaken strength or the ability to function.

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debilitate

Repeated interruptions can debilitate a carefully organized work routine.
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The narrator describes how repeated exhausting sessions begin to debilitate the crew, leaving their movements weaker and less coordinated than earlier in the story.
From Effort and Recovery.
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