Definition of incapacitate
incapacitated
;incapacitating
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Examples of incapacitate in a Sentence
The class teaches you how to incapacitate an attacker.
The stroke left her completely incapacitated.
He was incapacitated by the pain.
a computer system incapacitated by software problems
Recent Examples of incapacitate from the Web
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The benefit of experience can be offset when illness incapacitates elderly leaders.
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Because of the work of our officers, violent criminals are being incapacitated.
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Two passengers were taken to Hillcrest Hospital with non-incapacitating injuries following an early morning two-car crash on the Interstate May 21 that sent them head-on into a concrete barrier wall on the South Woodland Road bridge.
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Once locked on, the radar could be spotted by Israeli bombs, incapacitating the SAM sites.
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INCAPACITATE Defined for English Language Learners
incapacitate
playDefinition of incapacitate for English Language Learners
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: to make (someone or something) unable to work, move, or function in the usual way
Law Dictionary
incapacitate
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incapacitated
incapacitating
1 : to make legally incapable or ineligible mental illness alone will not incapacitate a person from making a valid contract — Landmark Med. Ctr. v. Gauthier, 635 A.2d 1145 (1994)
2 : to deprive of capacity or natural power an injury that incapacitates the employee
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