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The phrase "a debilitating impact on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant negative effect or influence that causes weakness or impairment in a particular context.
Example: "The pandemic has had a debilitating impact on the mental health of many individuals."
Alternatives: "a crippling effect on" or "a severe influence on".
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Much has been written criticising landlords for this move, not least by me, for abandoning tenants who claim the allowance, and for offering short-term tenancies that have a debilitating impact on tenants, families and communities.
The memo, Mr. Ashcroft said, put in place the wall that had a "debilitating impact" on the ability of counterterrorism investigators to share information with their counterparts in criminal investigations.
The document revealed that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security considered this mine so vital that its "incapacitation or destruction … would have a debilitating impact" on U.S. security or the national economy.
For firefighters, the long stretch of hot days — and uncomfortably warm nights — has "had a debilitating impact on the guys," said Stephen J. Cassidy, the president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association.
Commercialized sports may have had a debilitating impact on sportsmanship and respect, but they have provided an opportunity for many to earn money — in some cases a fortune — by being skillful athletes.
Widespread unemployment, runaway inflation, shortages of essential goods and a precipitous decline in the value of Iran's currency have had such a debilitating impact on workers and wage earners that they can't afford to remain silent and indifferent.
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These embarrassing ailments have had a debilitating impact, though.
Successful management of OAB and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) may be contingent on patients having realistic treatment goals and on clinicians understanding which treatment goals are most important, for example, those symptoms that have the greatest severity or debilitating impact on patients' lives.
2) A commitment to raising the awareness of the debilitating impact of trauma on the lives of those who have been exposed to loss as a result of gun violence.
In view of the fact that the prevalence of stroke is very high in northern China and many people have witnessed the debilitating impact of a stroke on individuals and their families, our education materials will emphasise the effect of salt on stroke.
The regions' marked decline underscores the debilitating impact of organised crime on a local economy.
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