incapacitate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
have incapacitated
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present perfectof incapacitate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since 2008, they have incapacitated her at least 15 days per month, year-round.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 7, 2016
Now you have incapacitated yourself from appearing as others do in society.
From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner
It is indeed evident that the loss of the battle by the English was owing to the wound which Harold received in the afternoon, and which must have incapacitated him from effective command.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
He was instructed to inquire into and report upon the cause of the disturbances and also to assist Governor McTavish, or to relieve him, altogether of duties should ill health have incapacitated him.
From The Story of Louis Riel: the Rebel Chief by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins
But, in the midst of his career of triumph, an accident came to the Bohemian leader which would have incapacitated any less resolute man from military activity.
From Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German by Charles Morris
