incapacitate

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.

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inca·paci·tation n.

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incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt]

vb (tr)

1. to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable

2. (Law) to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility

incapacitation  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	incapacitate - make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer" disable, disenable 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" handicap, invalid, disable injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to hock - disable by cutting the hock

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incapacitate

verb disable, cripple, paralyse, scupper (Brit. slang), prostrate, immobilize, put someone out of action (informal), lay someone up (informal) A serious fall incapacitated him.

Translations

incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] VT [+ person] → incapacitar (Jur) → inhabilitar, incapacitar
he was incapacitated by arthritis → estaba incapacitado por la artritis
he was incapacitated by alcohol → estaba en un estado de embriaguez
physically incapacitated → incapacitado físicamente

incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vt → frapper d'incapacité
to incapacitate sb from doing → rendre qn incapable de faire

incapacitate

vt

(= immobilize) → unfähig machen (for für, from doing sth etw zu tun); to incapacitate somebody for work → jdn arbeitsunfähig machen; physically incapacitated → körperlich behindert; somewhat incapacitated by his broken ankle → durch seinen gebrochenen Knöchel ziemlich behindert

(Jur) → entmündigen

incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt] vt (person) → rendere inabile (Law) → inabilitare
to incapacitate sb from doing sth → rendere qn inabile a fare qc