incapacitate
to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
Law. to deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways.
Origin of incapacitate
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- in·ca·pac·i·ta·tion [in-kuh-pas-i-tey-shuhn] /ɪn kəˌpæs ɪˈteɪ ʃən/ noun
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How to use incapacitate in a sentence
Speaking to People, Albert said his wife had been left incapacitated due to “several factors which are private matters.”
Princess Charlene Leaves Monaco for ‘Medical Facility’ Days After Reunion With Albert | Jamie Ross | November 19, 2021 | The Daily BeastEarly laser demonstrations focused on small targets which could be incapacitated in several seconds.
General Atomics and Boeing will build a giant laser for the US military | Kelsey D. Atherton | November 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA nation’s ability to perceive an attack in real time could be destroyed, if the satellite tracking those movements was also incapacitated or outright eliminated.
This space-based weapon remains in the dark—for now | Kelsey D. Atherton | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCases where the guardianship is removed are few and far between, because at that point, the burden is on the person who’s been deemed incapacitated to show the judge that they no longer need a guardian.
Britney Spears' Case Is Back in Court. Here's What Could Happen Next With Her Conservatorship | Megan McCluskey | July 14, 2021 | TimeWith a flash-bang, the squad could incapacitate enemies temporarily, moving in to disarm and capture.
The US Marines are testing flying, remote-controlled grenades | Rob Verger | July 13, 2021 | Popular-Science
The White House sent people with orders “to incapacitate me totally.”
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden Is a Hero and We Need More Whistleblowers | Daniel Ellsberg | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI used to say under Bush the attempt to incapacitate me, “that one is not yet legal.”
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden Is a Hero and We Need More Whistleblowers | Daniel Ellsberg | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA few years' knowledge of other countries than our own will not incapacitate me for that part.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa GuiccioliIt has been imagined that the plan was to incapacitate him by law for employment, and to hold him a State prisoner.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingDefects of the senses do not incapacitate, if the testator possesses sufficient mind to perform a valid testamentary act.
The Curiosities and Law of Wills | John ProffattHe was one of those whom books cannot debilitate, nor a life of study incapacitate for the study of life.
On the Sublime | LonginusThis was to awe the troops of Count Menard Schomberg, and incapacitate them from fording the river.
The Eve of All-Hallows, v. 2 of 3 | Matthew Weld Hartstonge
British Dictionary definitions for incapacitate
/ (ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt) /
to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable
to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility
Derived forms of incapacitate
- incapacitation, noun
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