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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
  • Area roads could become dangerously slick Monday morning as a weak system is expected to bring freezing rain overnight, according to the National Weather Service.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Houston will be a weaker team in 2025, but one Brown still believes can capture an American League West championship.
    Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of weak
Verb
  • Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Nissan in particular has struggled recently, especially in the key American market, where sales have weakened.
    Rafael Nam, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The new tactic comes as Iran's influence has severely weakened in the Middle East amid Israel's deadly response to devastating attacks from Hamas and Hezbollah, both Iranian proxies.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • Republicans have a slim majority, raising the possibility of a replay of leadership disputes that paralyzed the House a year ago.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • No one wants to see a return to the dark days when children lay in hospital wards, paralyzed, confined to ghastly iron lungs.
    Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of paralyzed
Verb
  • The Lions have been overwhelmed by defensive injuries that would turn most teams into quivering jelly.
    Steve Silverman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • She was overwhelmed by the detail and also by the justifications that Gerry had written.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • The city bought the property in 1963 and filled the lake with trash and downed trees, then topped it with the ash from the incinerator.
    Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The weather downed power lines along Amtrak and New Jersey Transit railroad routes Sunday morning, suspending both companies' train services in Philadelphia as well as parts of New Jersey and New York, CBS News Philadelphia reported.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of downed
Adjective
  • The antihero actioner earned a feeble $4.7 million across Friday and preview screenings from 3,211 locations.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
  • What a degrading finale for Biden’s feeble, forgettable, frequently foolish presidency.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of feeble
Verb
  • The signature Beam nutty grain flavor is present, but it’s softened with layers of milk and dark chocolate, espresso bean, dulce de leche, fig, and a backbone of smoky oak.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, Carter has since softened her stance on the patches.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of softened
Verb
  • The company was also hurt by the pandemic when a helium shortage reportedly crippled its lucrative balloon business during a time that was already challenging for retail and party industries.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the man who broke the back of the Southern filibuster that crippled the Senate and by extension the US for nearly a century.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of crippled
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