enervate
to drain of energy, vitality, or strength
Word origin: From Latin enervare, to remove the sinew, from nervus, sinew.
Enervate in a sentence
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The relentless heat enervated even the most determined hikers.
The relentless heat enervated the crew until even routine repairs felt insurmountable.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “enervate” well
Enervate means to drain of vitality, leaving something weak and listless. Despite the prefix, it does not mean to energize; that false association is its most common error.
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