devitalize
verb
de·vi·tal·ize
(ˌ)dē-ˈvī-tə-ˌlīz 
devitalized; devitalizing; devitalizes
: to deprive of life, vigor, or effectiveness
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Examples of devitalize in a Sentence
overuse has devitalized many a once-striking figure of speech
she was devitalized by the infection
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This can devitalize the plant to the point of it starting to die back.
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oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
Miller’s writing début may have been precipitated by her assault, but the final work devitalizes its horrific beginnings.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019
His lip was completely destroyed with multiple linear lacerations, jagged lacerations, devitalized tissue, denervated tissue with a 12 cm laceration in multiple pieces of the entire left upper lift, the mucosal surface, and orbicularis.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 1 June 2017
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oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
Miller’s writing début may have been precipitated by her assault, but the final work devitalizes its horrific beginnings.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019
His lip was completely destroyed with multiple linear lacerations, jagged lacerations, devitalized tissue, denervated tissue with a 12 cm laceration in multiple pieces of the entire left upper lift, the mucosal surface, and orbicularis.
—Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 1 June 2017
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devitalize
transitive verb
de·vi·tal·ize
variants
or British devitalise
devitalized or British devitalised; devitalizing or British devitalising
: to deprive of life or vitality: as
a
: to refine (as foodstuffs) to the point that essential or desirable constituents are lost
b
: to subject (a tooth or its pulp) to devitalization
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