Definition of "enfeeblement" [en•fee•ble•ment]

• The act of enfeebling; debilitation, enervation or devitalization (noun)

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• "The result will be the further long-term enfeeblement of the United States, the country with which Canada has so closely tied and aligned itself."
• "When President Bush stands before Congress on Wednesday night to deliver his State of the Union address, it is a safe bet that he will not announce that one of his goals is the long-term enfeeblement of the Democratic Party."
• "He dared not risk a fight with this young lightning-flash, and again he knew, and more bitterly, the enfeeblement of oncoming age."