as in tiring
to use up all the physical energy of
the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them
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debilitating
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The feat was deemed so inspiring that an adaptation of The Salt Path, starring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs, released in U.K. theaters earlier this year and depicted Moth’s diagnosis of a debilitating and terminal neurological illness that Winn said was improved by the expedition.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
7 July 2025 -
Despite its debilitating effects, UVC radiation is no big deal for Clavascidium lacinulatum, a desert lichen found in the Mojave Desert.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2025
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“Fatiguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatiguing. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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