prostrate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PROSTRATE

to diminish the physical strength of <an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia>

Synonyms debilitate, devitalize, enervate, enfeeble, etiolate, prostrate, sap, soften, tire, waste

Near Antonyms energize, invigorate, recruit, rejuvenate, vitalize; harden, season, toughen

Antonyms beef (up), fortify, strengthen

to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move <the huge increase in gas prices really prostrated the nation's economic engine>

Synonyms cripple, disable, hamstring, immobilize, incapacitate, prostrate

Related Words attenuate, debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, tire, undercut, undermine, weaken; hobble, lame; maim, mutilate; knock out

Near Antonyms energize, galvanize, invigorate, vitalize; fortify, strengthen; empower; freshen, refresh, refreshen, regenerate, rejuvenate, restore, revitalize, revive

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress <a widow prostrated by crushing grief>

Synonyms crush, devastate, floor, grind (down), oppress, overcome, overmaster, overpower, prostrate, snow under, swamp, whelm

Related Words deluge, drown, sink; confute, defeat, refute; break, demoralize, distress, disturb, rock, shatter, stagger, throw, unman, unnerve, upset

to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall <the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponenent with a single blow>

Synonyms bowl (down or over), down, drop, floor, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), prostrate

Related Words kayo, knock out, KO; overthrow, throw down, topple; bang, bash, belt, bludgeon, clobber, hammer, hit, jab, paste, poke, pound, punch, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale

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