incapacitate

Verb

Meaning

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

invalid disable handicap disenable cripple damage harm wound exhaust disabled drain fatigue undermine weaken confuse
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Antonyms

further allow active foster aid build
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Hypernyms

change wound alter modify injure

Hyponyms

pinion hock hold restrain confine constrain

Derivatives

incapacitated incapacitating

Examples

He was disabled in a car accident Source: Internet

disable this command on your computer Source: Internet

Before the advent of the SLBM, thinkers feared that a nation might be tempted to initiate a first strike if it felt confident that such a strike would incapacitate the nuclear arsenal of its enemy, making retaliation impossible. Source: Internet

Derby knew that his "attacks of illness would, at no distant period, incapacitate me from the discharge of my public duties"; doctors had warned him that his health required his resignation from office. Source: Internet

However, we are not obliged to suffer in silence the filing of baseless, insupportable appeals presenting no colorable claims of error and designed only to delay, obstruct, or incapacitate the operations of the courts or any other governmental authority. Source: Internet

ActionAid International Zambia (AAIZ) is of the view that this move will indeed incapacitate our councils in their mandate to deliver services. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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