DEBILITATING
debilitating
(adjective) impairing the strength and vitality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
debilitating (comparative more debilitating, superlative most debilitating)
Causing a loss of energy or strength.
Usage notes
• Nouns often used with "debilitating": illness, effect.
Verb
debilitating
present participle of debilitate
Source: Wiktionary
DEBILITATE
De*bil"i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Debilitating.] Etym: [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to
debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.]
Definition: To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to
debilitate the body by intemperance.
Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns.
The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last
effort. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition