incapacitate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
had incapacitated
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past perfectof incapacitate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had been introduced to the cafe by the woman who cared for my grandmother after Alzheimer’s disease had incapacitated her.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
In her training she recalled CS spray had "incapacitated" her.
From BBC ● May 24, 2022
Influenza and pneumonia had incapacitated so many Government officials and employes that Washington doctors broadcast warnings of a potential epidemic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He brought out, however, the true issue, by suggesting, through Tunstall, that the Pope had incapacitated himself by submitting to be controlled by the Emperor.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by J.A. Froude
The first was an attack of influenza, and the second was an attack of acute rheumatism, which had incapacitated her for several weeks.
From The Regent by Arnold Bennett
