incapacitate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.
incapacitates
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present tense formof incapacitate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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You know, that thing that occasionally incapacitates him with guilt.
From Salon ● May 15, 2023
“I said to Ginzburg, ‘Why don’t we ask a few psychiatrists whether a nervous breakdown incapacitates someone for public office?’”
From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
Unless boxers are allowed to fight until one physically incapacitates the other — which is the way they actually competed at the ancient Olympic Games in 688 B.C. — decisions are an unfortunate necessity.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
“Most experts agree that if a GMD or EMP incapacitates an electrical grid, the grid will likely remain in a failed state from weeks to months,” the report said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
He has lofty aspirations, but there is a weakness in his disposition which incapacitates him from carrying his nobler purposes into effect.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various
