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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
the stroke left her completely incapacitated
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Recent Examples of incapacitated
David K. Li, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2025
Now, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has announced the arrest of 54-year-old Kela Stanford on a charge of leaving a child or an incapacitated person unattended in a motor vehicle.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Sammy Sussman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Successful organizing includes documenting evidence of government abuses, sharing information broadly, and building administrative systems rather than relying on a few leaders who may be assassinated or otherwise incapacitated.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Kela Stanford, 54, is accused of one count of leaving a child or an incapacitated person unattended in a motor vehicle resulting in serious physical injury, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2025
Now, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office has announced the arrest of 54-year-old Kela Stanford on a charge of leaving a child or an incapacitated person unattended in a motor vehicle.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The allegation of being rapidly incapacitated by a glass of wine has an echo in another incident Levy included in her report, an accusation of rape and drugging made against Wang in 2006.
—Sammy Sussman, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Successful organizing includes documenting evidence of government abuses, sharing information broadly, and building administrative systems rather than relying on a few leaders who may be assassinated or otherwise incapacitated.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitated
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The lawsuit accused the airline of negligence by the flight crew, which resulted in the passenger being paralyzed.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Protests erupted across the Philippines and paralyzed the capital Manila on Sunday over a corruption scandal involving flood-control projects in a nation battered by storms and poverty.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
21 Sep. 2025
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Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tax law experts note that those who could struggle with the shift away from paper checks to direct deposit include taxpayers without bank accounts and those who are elderly or disabled.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Inadequate provision for disabled fans.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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Still, the prospect of a divisive congressional race is ginning up concern that Republicans will exit the primary wounded, with little time to recover before the general election.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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Resurrection, as often as not, means restoration, and one of the festival’s many missions is to showcase, and to explore, the painstaking ways in which wounded films can be healed.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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At least 14 people were also injured in Kyiv, local officials said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Half a dozen inmates and four deputies were injured Friday morning when a brawl broke out at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, authorities said.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In September, late night TV turns 71, ancient by television standards and, until recently, not infirm — one of American pop culture’s most durable inventions and exports.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Many of those deaths are of infirm inmates who were transferred to the state’s prison hospital in Raleigh for care and died there, records show.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Aug. 2025
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Merchandise purchased with your card may receive purchase protection, which protects eligible items for 90 days from the date of purchase if it is stolen or damaged.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hamilton was diagnosed in 2024 with a brain tumor on the left side of her brain, which has also damaged the optic nerve in her left eye.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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During a hospital stay, Roy’s enfeebled mother fixates on the caste and religious affiliations of the doctors treating her—the sort of thing that will be familiar to anyone who has cringed at a diminished elder’s unfiltered prejudices.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Incapacitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacitated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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