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incapacitate

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in·ca·pac·i·tate  (nk-ps-tt)
tr.v. in·ca·pac·i·tat·ed, in·ca·pac·i·tat·ing, in·ca·pac·i·tates
1. To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
2. To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

inca·paci·tation n.

incapacitate
Verb
[-tating, -tated] to deprive (a person) of strength, power, or ability; disable
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
lay up - disable or confine, as with an illness; "She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks"
nobble - disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
pinion - cut the wings off (of birds)
restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
2.incapacitate - injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to
hock - disable by cutting the hock

incapacitate
verb disable, cripple, paralyse, scupper Brit. (slang) prostrate, immobilize, put someone out of action (informal) lay someone up (informal)
Translations
Spanish incapacitate [ɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vt to incapacitate sb → incapacitar a algn
French incapacitate [ɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vt to incapacitate sb from doing → rendre qn incapable de faire
German incapacitate [ɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vt to incapacitate sb → jdn unfähig machen
Italian incapacitate [ɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vt to incapacitate sb from doing → rendere qn incapace di fare

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I don't want to renew our old disagreement about your father's conduct to those two sisters, or to deny that his brother Andrew may have behaved badly to him; I am willing to admit that the high moral position he took in the matter is quite unassailable by such a miserable sinner as I am; and I will not dispute that my own spendthrift habits incapacitate me from offering any opinion on the conduct of other people's pecuniary affairs.
But you are not required to abstain from the substantial dinner of to-day: you are only advised to partake of these coarser viands in such moderation as not to incapacitate you from enjoying the choicer banquet of to-morrow.
My father's melancholy state prevents our speaking to him on any subjects, which the weakness of his mind would incapacitate him from understanding, and I am perfectly convinced that at the present time, although, he knows that his granddaughter is going to be married, M.
 
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