Devitalize

v. t.

1.

To deprive of life or vitality.

Verb

1.

devitalize - sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy" Synonyms: devitalise Antonyms: vitalise, vitalize - make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"

abate, afflict, attenuate, blunt, castrate, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, demasculinize, deprive, derange, desex, desexualize, disable, disorder, dry up, dull, effeminize, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, hospitalize, incapacitate, indispose, invalid, lay low, lay up, mitigate, rattle, reduce, sap, shake, shake up, sicken, soften up, sterilize, unbrace, undermine, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken