emaciate
verb
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decay, droop, fade, fail, flag, go, lag, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither
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Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — Author: Antonia Noori Farzan, Anchorage Daily News, "Police called it a meth-fueled attack squirrel. An Alabama fugitive says it’s his beloved pet.," 21 June 2019 Since the creature seemed healthy and wasn't emaciated, police released him in a wooded area nearby. — al.com, "Fugitive owner of Alabama attack squirrel: ‘I miss him hard’," 20 June 2019 The Herald-Times quotes Monroe County authorities as saying the boy was emaciated and had bruises on his body. — Chicago Tribune, Post-Tribune, "State briefs," 3 June 2019 While at the home, police and found a male and female boxer-mix dogs that were emaciated and had wounds caused by insects, according to the release. — Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, "5-year-old accidentally shot by 8-year-old while playing with uncle's gun: police," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emaciate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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