debilitate

• “Walsh details the struggle to resist neo-liberal agendas that promote privatization and debilitate communities in post-apartheid South Africa.”

  The Huffington Post: Donna Nevel: Participatory Action Research and Organizing for Justice

• “Over the past 25 years I've seen how the pain of chronic stomachaches and headaches can debilitate a child.”

  The Huffington Post: Charlotte Reznick, Ph.D.: New Study on Guided Imagery for Healing Kids' Chronic Pain

• “Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said military leaders wanted troops to remain through the end of 2012 to finish off the fighting season and give them the best chance to debilitate the Taliban.”

  USA Today: Military leaders: Drawdown plan aggressive

• “For alternative views about the deeper issues that restrict, debilitate and deprive Muslim women of their rights and rightful place in society, check out an alternative website:”

  The Huffington Post: Shahnaz Taplin-Chinoy: "Bare Chests vs. Bullets"

• “From its mildest to its most oppressive forms, Hijab hinders one or more of the senses and is part and parcel of a tradition to disable and debilitate women by limiting their power of movement and perception.”

  The Huffington Post: Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.: On International Women's Day, Demand That Uprisings Throughout The Middle East Overturn Patriarchal Tradition

• “Although the producers of Waiting for 'Superman' and other Johnny-come-lately critics of public education may not be political reactionaries, they are nonetheless abetting a business-financed movement that seeks to debilitate unions and advance the privatization of the public schools.”

  The Huffington Post: Diann Woodard: Supermarkets, Not Superman

• “Others, like the numerous doctors anecdotally consulted for this piece, side with the Medical examiners in Tarrant County citing the myriad and well-documented ways that prolonged drug use can debilitate the heart.”

  The Huffington Post: Tetsuhiko Endo: Demystifying the Death of Andy Irons

• “The use of infiltrators is but one component of a new Taliban strategy to target the heart of the Afghan security establishment all over the country in a bid to debilitate its ranks and make it appear incapable of protecting itself, much less the wider population.”

  The Huffington Post: Ahmad Shuja: Change in Taliban Tactics Not a Result of Pressure

• “This isn't as high as Italy or Greece, but it's rising fast toward the 90% level that begins to debilitate an economy.”

  The Wall Street Journal: $5 Trillion and Change

• “Some South African ATMs have pepper-spray squirters that are intended to debilitate anyone who tries to tamper with them or install a card-skimmer.”

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