devitalize
to deprive of vitality or vital properties; make lifeless; weaken.
Origin of devitalize
1- Also especially British, de·vi·tal·ise .
Other words from devitalize
- de·vi·tal·i·za·tion, noun
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How to use devitalize in a sentence
Are you aware of the things that can happen to you if you allow the red corpuscles of your blood to become devitalised?
Jill the Reckless | P. G. (Pelham Grenville) WodehouseAn unhealthy or devitalised condition of the patient's tissues also hinders the reparative process.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThey are doubtless due to the action of skin bacteria, which attack the tissues devitalised by the erysipelas.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesThorough purification with antiseptics, excision of devitalised tissues, and drainage of the wound are first carried out.
Manual of Surgery | Alexis Thomson and Alexander MilesDid they move as dead men among the living, devitalised, vacuous calm?
The Weavers, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for devitalize
devitalise
/ (diːˈvaɪtəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless: the war devitalized the economy
Derived forms of devitalize
- devitalization or devitalisation, noun
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