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DEVITALIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sap of life or energy

Example:

The recession devitalized the economy

Synonyms:

devitalise; devitalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "devitalize" is one way to...):

weaken (lessen the strength of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "devitalize"):

eviscerate (take away a vital or essential part of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

vitalize (make more lively or vigorous)

Derivation:

devitalization (the act of reducing the vitality of something)

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