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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 energyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DEVITALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they devitalize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it devitalizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: devitalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: devitalized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: devitalizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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)


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