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adjective

Definition of prostratednext
as in weak
lacking bodily strength patients should expect to feel very prostrated after the surgery

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prostrated

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verb

past tense of prostrate
1
as in weakened
to diminish the physical strength of an athlete prostrated for weeks by a bout of pneumonia

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

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3
as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress a widow prostrated by crushing grief

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as in downed
to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall the boxer bragged that he could prostrate any opponent with a single blow

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prostrated
  1. weak
  2. weakened
  3. paralyzed
  4. overwhelmed
  5. downed
  6. feeble
  7. softened
  8. crippled
Adjective
  • Other checks on Trump’s policy will also be far weaker.
    Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Each endpoint can be assessed to sniff out weak points.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of weak
Verb
  • Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The yen weakened in its largest single-day decline since June 2022.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • Those who are paralyzed by grief often do not have the wherewithal to articulate their agony, so my reporting frequently consists of telling stories on behalf of people who want them to be told.
    Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Along the way, he’s been shot, stabbed, paralyzed, ejected from a submarine, trapped in a gas chamber, stalked by a serial killer, attacked by Satan, and has effortlessly come back to life after being dead — all while his signature eyebrow arch reacted to the chaos accordingly.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of paralyzed
Verb
  • The lack of pressure on the ball created an overflow of drives to the rim for opponents that overwhelmed their typically trusty, defensive center.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In April, Osbourne told Rolling Stone he was overwhelmed by the excitement his friends and fans have expressed about his induction.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • Another satellite image from the town shows empty space where homes once were, and downed trees and power lines.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The church in Rutherford County, about 45 minutes from Asheville, has been home for McGinnis, his wife, Katie, and Knox since downed trees damaged their home.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of downed
Adjective
  • Low wages, high youth unemployment and a feeble social safety net mean China’s household spending is less than 40% of annual economic output, some 20 percentage points below the global average.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The economy has been weighed down by the weakness of its industrial sector amid Russia’s shutdown in natural gas supplies after the invasion of Ukraine, as well as feeble Chinese demand and the car industry’s difficulties in pivoting to electric vehicles.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of feeble
Verb
  • Le Pen, whose party has softened its anti-EU stance in recent years, denies wrongdoing and claims the case is politically driven.
    Sylvie Corbet and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 10 minutes.
    Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of softened
Verb
  • Predictions for holiday spending are beginning to trickle out, but there are a lot of question marks in the air, including a massive port workers’ strike that began Tuesday and has crippled all shipping container cargo on the East Coast.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Saddam's Playbook All these sites were targeted by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war and severely crippled the Iranian economy.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of crippled
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