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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
Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.
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Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Campbell’s defense attorney Andrew Courossi claimed that all the encounters were consensual, saying that just because the women were intoxicated doesn’t mean they were incapacitated.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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Adjective
Hospital representatives said the petitions were intended to protect incapacitated patients who are too disabled to make their own decisions and who have no family or friends willing or able to take charge.
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Christy Gutowski,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
Other social welfare programs have safety valves to protect weak, incapacitated or disabled clients from being exploited by people in power.
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Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
As the most unlikely scenario becomes a reality, the Walloon minister-president is incapacitated, and his daughter must sign documents in his name.
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Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Campbell’s defense attorney Andrew Courossi claimed that all the encounters were consensual, saying that just because the women were intoxicated doesn’t mean they were incapacitated.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitated
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The Dodge became disabled, and the troopers arrested the driver.
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Homeless residents, many of whom don’t have a car or are disabled, now have to travel outside of Skid Row to get stamps or mail a package.
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The artisanal-fishing industry had been all but paralyzed by high gas prices since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz; a large number of vessels were anchored close to shore.
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The 11-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive spinal tumor at the age of three and is paralyzed from the waist down.
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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Aegon, who was burned and crippled in Season 2, fled with Larys Strong (Matthew Needham), leaving his cruel, one-eyed brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to sit on the Iron Throne.
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Earlier this month, Nancy Guthrie, the elderly and infirm mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was violently taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.
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The four Democratic members of the JBC, which controls the state budget, asked with growing consternation why the Department of Corrections hadn’t brought them a plan to address overcrowding, to step up releases of old and infirm inmates, or to improve its own shortcomings.
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Leatherwood died as a result of the gun wound, and Velez was left wounded.
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Rodriguez allegedly fatally shot 18‑year‑old Kace Leatherwood and wounded Luis Velez, also 18, near County Road 103 in Kaufman County, authorities said.
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By 1877, the hope for Black equality met an enfeebled federal government that essentially permitted Jim Crow to run amok.
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But given the island’s small size and enfeebled state, the risks seem much smaller than in Iran.
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Blyth injured her back in a toboggan accident and spent over a year recovering, limiting her ability to profit off her success in the film.
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The officer returned fire; neither the suspect nor the officer was injured.
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Jolted by a feeble office market, a growing number of developers are considering ways to convert their office properties to other uses, such as housing projects.
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Enervated cuteness and tryhard sincerity define a whole new wave of musicians, from Pittsburgh rockers feeble little horse to cringe-pop upcycler Worldpeace DMT to SoundCloud producer MASSI, whose songs spill with the tiny adorable detail of a toy train set.
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“Incapacitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacitated. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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