devitalize
devitalize verb: to deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
Verb
devitalize (third-person singular simple present devitalizes, present participle devitalizing, simple past and past participle devitalized)
- To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
- Near-synonym: deanimate
- Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls.
- Synonyms:
- deanimate
- Antonyms:
- animate, reanimate, rejuvenate, revitalize, vitalize
devitalize meaning in Malayalam
devitalize in Malayalam
- debilitate, weaken, enfeeble
- നിർജ്ജീവമാക്കുക, ശക്തികെടുത്തുക, അശക്തമാക്കുക, ദുർബ്ബലപ്പെടുത്തുക, ശക്തിയില്ലാതാക്കുക, വശകേടാക്കുക
Synonyms of devitalize
Antonyms
Forms of devitalize
| third-person singular present | devitalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | devitalizing |
| past participle | devitalized |
| past | devitalized |
Origin of devitalize
From de- + vitalize.
Questions about devitalize
- What does devitalize mean?
- Devitalize means to deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
- What is devitalize in Malayalam?
- Devitalize in Malayalam is നിർജ്ജീവമാക്കുക, ശക്തികെടുത്തുക, അശക്തമാക്കുക. See Devitalize meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is devitalize?
- Devitalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of devitalize?
- The past tense of devitalize is devitalized.
Words near devitalize in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: devitalize (page history and authors); devitalize (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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