Definitions

1. verb

to deprive of one’s senses, especially one’s reason or sanity

“The isolation and loneliness began to dementate her, causing her to lose grip on reality.”

2. verb

to deprive of mental faculties or senses

“The disease was said to dementate the villagers, turning them into mindless, violent creatures.”

3. verb

to cause to become mentally deranged or insane

“The years of physical and emotional abuse dementated her, leaving her a shell of her former self.”