Debilitate \De*bil"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Debilitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Debilitating}.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See {Debility}.] 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.
Officials of the Association of European Airlines, however, said such plans will lead to higher costs and debilitate European airlines in their competition with American and Asian carriers.
The main goals are to "debilitate U.S. defense planning and acquisition," split the Western alliance, rally Western anti-military sentiment and "promote the Soviet image of peace-loving and that of the United States as war-mongering."