DEVITALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does devitalize mean? 

• DEVITALIZE (verb)
  The verb DEVITALIZE has 1 sense:

1. sap of life or energy

  Familiarity information: DEVITALIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEVITALIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they devitalize    ... he / she / it devitalizes   
Past simple: devitalized   
Past participle: devitalized   
-ing form: devitalizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sap of life or energy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

devitalise; devitalize

Context example:

The recession devitalized the economy

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)