incapacitated
deprived of strength or ability; made incapable or nonfunctional: She’ll be incapacitated for several weeks after the surgery. Those stealing fuel from incapacitated tanker trucks risk being killed by explosions.
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How to use incapacitated in a sentence
These rights, he proposed, would be asserted by a recognized guardian, much as the law allows for guardians of children, incapacitated adults and others who have rights but require someone to speak on their behalf.
Christopher Stone, environmental scholar who championed fundamental rights of nature, dies at 83 | Emily Langer | May 19, 2021 | Washington PostBut when the event approached, her blood pressure had plummeted, leaving her incapacitated.
Hell Hath No Fury Like Valerie Trierweiler, the French President’s Ex | Lizzie Crocker | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe notes that in some 70 percent of assaults categorized in the poll, alcohol was involved, and the woman was incapacitated.
Australian investigators say they believe the doomed Boeing 777 flew on autopilot and that the crew was incapacitated.
Instantly, a broken neck incapacitated an American role model, and no doctor on the planet could help.
Electric Stimulation and Rigorous Physical Therapy Show Promise for Paralysis Patients | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | April 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
There can be no debate about the meaning of “passed out”; even “incapacitated” is fairly straightforward.
Gentlemen:—I am in a sad plight to say much of interest—too thoroughly incapacitated to do justice to you or myself.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowThe toil and hardship of the journey had incapacitated the others.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyShe is the guardian of her own children; and the court always confirms this right, unless she is incapacitated.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallAlso the state takes care of the sick and incapacitated, and the mentally or physically defective.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairTo keep a shepherd incapacitated by age and liable to lose a flock in a snow-storm, was to invite ruin.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
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