weakened condition

collocation in English

meaningsofweakenandcondition

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weaken
verb[I or T]
uk
/ˈwiː.kən/us
/ˈwiː.kən/
to (cause to) become less strong, powerful, determined, ...
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condition
noun
uk
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/us
/kənˈdɪʃ.ən/
the particular state that something or someone ...
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(Definition ofweakenandconditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Given hisweakenedcondition, his proximate cause of death was probably stress from handling.
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Due to hisweakenedcondition, he is unable to withstand the stress of surgery and dies despite the best efforts of the surgeons and the anesthesiologist.
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When we return to floating exchange rates, we shall find that manufacturing industry is in aweakenedcondition, as, indeed, it was in 1979.
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The process of spawning is in itself very exhausting and it can leave the fish in a very muchweakenedcondition.
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However, at the end of those 10 years of opportunity, we find that our industry is in aweakenedcondition.
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They have been fortunate so far in not having had any major diseases, like influenza, for even minor diseases can destroy people in aweakenedcondition.
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Originally it had a bell tower and steeple, but those were removed because of theweakenedconditionof the building.
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Crawling at a very slow pace due to hisweakenedcondition, the guards quickly discovered him outside the camp and recaptured him.
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She had developed heart trouble, and in herweakenedconditionhad to be treated many times in hospital.
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But, apparently, he already was in a muchweakenedcondition.
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In a depleted,weakenedcondition, he takes ill and falls into a coma, and is believed to be dead.
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Andy struggles to stop his father, but in hisweakenedconditionhe is overpowered.
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Even in his extremelyweakenedcondition, he continued to call artillery fire onto the enemy.
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