1. to make or become extremely thin and weak, especially from illness or lack of food
Usage: often used in passive voice

Examples

• The prolonged illness emaciated the patient.
• Years of poor nutrition had emaciated the refugees.
• The cancer treatment caused him to become emaciated.
• She was emaciated from months of inadequate food.
• The drought emaciated the cattle in the fields.
• His face looked emaciated after the long recovery.