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incapacitate

(ɪnkəpæsɪteɪt)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense incapacitates, present participle incapacitating, past tense, past participle incapacitated

verb

If something incapacitates you, it weakens you in some way, so that you cannot do certain things.

[formal]

A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: immobilize, paralyse, prostrate, put someone out of action [informal] More Synonyms of incapacitate

incapacitated adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]

He is incapacitated and can't work.

Synonyms: immobilized, unfit, out of action [informal], laid up [informal] More Synonyms of incapacitate

incapacitate in British English

(ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt)

verb (transitive)

to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable

to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility

Derived forms

incapacitation (ˌincaˌpaciˈtation)

noun

incapacitate in American English

(ˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt)

verb transitiveWord forms: ˌincaˈpaciˌtated or ˌincaˈpaciˌtating

to make unable or unfit; esp., to make incapable of normal activity; disable

2. Law

to make ineligible; disqualify

Derived forms

incapacitation (ˌincaˌpaciˈtation)

noun

Word origin

incapacity + -ate1

Examples of 'incapacitate' in a sentence
incapacitate

He's under orders not to sink us so the best he can do is to try to incapacitate us as much as possible.

(verb) in the sense of immobilize

Definition

to deprive (a person) of strength, power, or ability

A serious fall incapacitated him.

Synonyms

immobilize

a car alarm that immobilizes the engine

paralyse

The strike has virtually paralysed the country.

prostrate

The prostrated army shuffled and reordered.

put someone out of action (informal)

lay someone up (informal)

He was recovering from a knee injury that laid him up for six months.

unfit (rare)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of lay someone up

Definition

to confine through illness

He was recovering from a knee injury that laid him up for six months.

Synonyms

confine (to bed),

hospitalize,

incapacitate

in the sense of paralyse

Definition

to make immobile

The strike has virtually paralysed the country.

Synonyms

immobilize,

freeze,

halt,

disable,

cripple,

arrest,

incapacitate,

bring to a standstill

in the sense of prostrate

Definition

to exhaust physically or emotionally

The prostrated army shuffled and reordered.

Synonyms

lay low,

reduce,

overcome,

ruin,

depress,

crush,

overwhelm,

overturn,

overthrow,

disarm,

paralyse,

bring low

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incapacitate

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incapable of
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incapacitated
incapacity
incapsulate

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单词	incapacitate
释义	Trends of incapacitate View usage for: incapacitate (ɪnkəpæsɪteɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense incapacitates, present participle incapacitating, past tense, past participle incapacitated verb If something incapacitates you, it weakens you in some way, so that you cannot do certain things. [formal] A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman. [VERB noun] Synonyms: immobilize, paralyse, prostrate, put someone out of action [informal] More Synonyms of incapacitate incapacitated adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] He is incapacitated and can't work. Synonyms: immobilized, unfit, out of action [informal], laid up [informal] More Synonyms of incapacitate incapacitate in British English (ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt) verb (transitive) 1. to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable 2. to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility Derived forms incapacitation (ˌincaˌpaciˈtation) noun incapacitate in American English (ˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˌincaˈpaciˌtated or ˌincaˈpaciˌtating 1. to make unable or unfit; esp., to make incapable of normal activity; disable 2. Law to make ineligible; disqualify Derived forms incapacitation (ˌincaˌpaciˈtation) noun Word origin incapacity + -ate1 Examples of 'incapacitate' in a sentence incapacitate He's under orders not to sink us so the best he can do is to try to incapacitate us as much as possible. Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS (2002) (verb) in the sense of immobilize Definition to deprive (a person) of strength, power, or ability A serious fall incapacitated him. Synonyms immobilize a car alarm that immobilizes the engine paralyse The strike has virtually paralysed the country. prostrate The prostrated army shuffled and reordered. put someone out of action (informal) lay someone up (informal) He was recovering from a knee injury that laid him up for six months. unfit (rare) Additional synonyms in the sense of lay someone up Definition to confine through illness He was recovering from a knee injury that laid him up for six months. Synonyms confine (to bed), hospitalize, incapacitate in the sense of paralyse Definition to make immobile The strike has virtually paralysed the country. Synonyms immobilize, freeze, halt, disable, cripple, arrest, incapacitate, bring to a standstill in the sense of prostrate Definition to exhaust physically or emotionally The prostrated army shuffled and reordered. Synonyms lay low, reduce, overcome, ruin, depress, crush, overwhelm, overturn, overthrow, disarm, paralyse, bring low Nearby words of incapacitate incantation incapable incapable of incapacitate incapacitated incapacity incapsulate Synonyms of 'incapacitate' incapacitate Explore 'incapacitate' in the dictionary
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