incapacitate
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in·ca·pac·i·tate

transitive verb \ˌin-kə-ˈpa-sə-ˌtāt\
in·ca·pac·i·tat·edin·ca·pac·i·tat·ing

Definition of INCAPACITATE

1
: to make legally incapable or ineligible
2
: to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable
in·ca·pac·i·ta·tion \-ˌpa-sə-ˈtā-shən\ noun

Examples of INCAPACITATE

  1. The class teaches you how to incapacitate an attacker.
  2. The stroke left her completely incapacitated.
  3. He was incapacitated by the pain.
  4. a computer system incapacitated by software problems

First Known Use of INCAPACITATE

1657

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