debilito

v. debilitate, weaken

v. debilitate, weaken, enfeeble; devitalize; soften; abate

v. debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, languish, weaken; attenuate; crock; unnerve, depress; etiolate, undermine; impair, impoverish

V TRANS
weaken/disable/incapacitate/impair/maim/lame/cripple; deprive of power (to act)

= undermine, weaken, attenuate, undercut.
Ex: Furthermore, the value of citation bibliometry is currently being undermined by the formation of 'citation clubs', which aim to indiscriminately achieve maximum cross-citing between 'club members'.
Ex: The gangplank can be thrown across without weakening the chain of command.
Ex: In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.
Ex: The effects of liberalization threaten to undercut the delivery of a long cherished social objective.
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* debilitarse = become + brittle, languish.