devitalize

To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.

Verb

  1. To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
    • Near-synonym: deanimate
    • Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls.
    • Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era.

    Synonyms: deanimate

    Antonyms: animate reanimate rejuvenate revitalize vitalize

    Coordinate Terms: dispirit kill

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English vitalize English devitalize From de- + vitalize.

Forms

devitalizes devitalizing devitalized

Related

devitalization