Incapacitate

Word INCAPACITATE
Character 12
Hyphenation in ca pac i tate
Pronunciations /ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Incapacitate"

What do we mean by incapacitate?

To deprive of strength or ability; disable. transitive verb

To make legally ineligible; disqualify. transitive verb

To deprive of capacity or natural power; render or make incapable: followed by from or for.

To deprive of competent ability or qualification; render unfit; disqualify: as, insanity incapacitates one for marriage.

To deprive of legal or constitutional capacity or privilege; withhold or nullify the right of.

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify. transitive verb

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

To make incapable (of doing something) verb

Injure permanently verb

Make unable to perform a certain action verb

To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.

To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Incapacitate

The word "incapacitate" in example sentences

Oh, and in case anyone's wondering about why we would need to "incapacitate" this monster Padilla, soviet style: ❋ Unknown (2007)

His superiors used words such as incapacitate and immobilize. ❋ Bova, Ben, 1932- (1997)

The government had no reason to believe the SAPS would in any way "incapacitate" the Attorney-General in the discharge of his duty. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Israeli naval commandos should have used snipers to "incapacitate" the activists on the deck of a Turkish ship who attacked as the soldiers were boarding, Israel's military chief said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli naval commandos should have used snipers to "incapacitate" the activists on the deck of a Turkish ship who attacked as the soldiers were boarding, Israel's military chief said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"incapacitate" and "kill" jihadists suggests that it isn't foreign wars that he is opposed to-it was that particular war. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All forty-one hostage takers were executed by the Russian troops that stormed the building, and 129 hostages died, almost all killed by the anesthetic gas piped in to incapacitate the terrorists see Chapter 3. ❋ Daniel Treisman (2011)

While Israel has the right to defend itself, its retaliation has far exceeded efforts to release the soldiers or incapacitate Hezbollah; it is in fact destroying Lebanon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't think that making the everyman super-spy's first kill a plot point is going to happen -- Chuck's innocence is the basis for the show -- but I wonder how long it will be before we see him shoot to incapacitate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We have every right to incapacitate them to the best of our ability and by doing so we will be saving innocent lives in the long run. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What this means is that coal fired power plants incapacitate tens of thousands of people every year and they bear none of those costs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His Vulcan ‘nerve pinch’ could incapacitate enemies in seconds, a skill that often came in handy, since he encountered numerous disasters throughout the series, including having his brain stolen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[T] here is no question about the legitimacy of U.S. federal courts to incapacitate terrorists. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The judge determined at the time that he was faking a psychotic episode that had appeared to incapacitate him for several days. ❋ Chad Bray (2011)

I highly recommend this, if you have any condition that could potentially incapacitate you. ❋ Bryant (2009)

However, because Somalia's most active pirates operate in identified clan-based organizations, a concerted effort to incapacitate all the major pirate gangs simultaneously could likely set back piracy in the region substantially, because reconstituting the experience and operational capacity of the organizations would take some time. ❋ David Isenberg (2011)

As for incapacitation, as discussed above, the pattern of "catch-and-release" seriously impairs naval forces' ability to incapacitate pirates by putting them on trial and into prison. ❋ David Isenberg (2011)

But in Deus Ex I'll spend two hours trying to make sure I incapacitate the person trying to kill me for failing to execute a hostage that's far from innocent. ❋ SVGL (2009)

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