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English verb: emaciate

1. emaciate (change) cause to grow thin or weak


SamplesThe treatment emaciated him.


Synonymsmacerate, waste


Pattern of useSomething ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)debilitate, drain, enfeeble


Causeemaciate

2. emaciate (change) grow weak and thin or waste away physically


SamplesShe emaciated during the chemotherapy.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)change state, turn









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