emaciate
1. cause to grow thin or weak - The treatment emaciated him • Syn: waste, macerate • Derivationally related forms: maceration (for: macerate), emaciation, wastage (for: waste), wasting (for: waste) • Hypernyms: enfeeble, debilitate, drain • Verb Frames: - Something ----s somebody 2. grow weak and thin or waste away physically - She emaciated during the chemotherapy • Derivationally related forms: emaciation • Hypernyms: change state, turn • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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