🦴emaciate

verb
/ɪˈmeɪʃieɪt/

Meaning

To make abnormally thin or weak, usually because of illness or lack of food.

Example Sentences

The prisoners were emaciated after months without proper food.

Synonyms

weaken, thin, starve, wither, waste away

Antonyms

nourish, strengthen, fatten

Collocations

emaciated body, emaciate with hunger, emaciated frame, emaciating illness

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