incapacitate

  • 21incapacitate — v. a. 1. Disable, make incapable. 2. Disqualify, unfit, make unfit …

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  • 22incapacitate — verb (transitive often passive) if something such as an illness or accident incapacitates you, it makes you too ill or weak to live and work normally: He was permanently incapacitated after the accident. incapacitation noun (U) …

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  • 23incapacitate — v 1. disable, debilitate, unfit, indispose, inactivate, deactivate; neutralize, disarm, demilitarize; devitalize, enfeeble, extenuate, weaken, enervate, exhaust; cripple, paralyze, lame, maim, hamstring, Inf. hogtie; prostrate, cramp, hock;… …

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  • 24incapacitate — in·ca·pac·i·tate …

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  • 25incapacitate — [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt] verb [T] formal to make someone or something unable to live or work normally …

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  • 26incapacitate — in•ca•pac•i•tate [[t]ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. t. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; disable 2) law to deprive of legal power • Etymology: 1650–60 in ca•pac i•ta′tion, n …

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  • 27incapacitate — /ɪnkəˈpæsəteɪt / (say inkuh pasuhtayt) verb (t) (incapacitated, incapacitating) 1. to deprive of capacity; make incapable or unfit; disqualify. 2. Law to deprive of power to perform acts with legal consequences. –incapacitation /ɪnkəˌpæsəˈteɪʃən/ …

  • 28incapacitate — v.tr. 1 render incapable or unfit. 2 disqualify. Derivatives: incapacitant n. incapacitation n …

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  • 29Incapacitated — Incapacitate In ca*pac i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incapacitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incapacitating}.] [Pref. in not + capacitate.] [1913 Webster] 1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to… …

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  • 30Incapacitating — Incapacitate In ca*pac i*tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Incapacitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incapacitating}.] [Pref. in not + capacitate.] [1913 Webster] 1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to… …

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