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emaciate

/ɪ'meɪʃi,eɪt/

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verb
cause to grow thin or weak
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"The treatment emaciated him"

Similar:

macerate waste

type of:
debilitate drain enfeeble
verb
grow weak and thin or waste away physically
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"She emaciated during the chemotherapy"

type of:
change state turn

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