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incapacitate
(redirected from incapacitations)

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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 [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt]
vb (tr)
1. to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable
2. (Law) to deprive of legal capacity or eligibility
incapacitation  n
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) A serious fall incapacitated him.
Translations
incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] VT [+ person] → incapacitar (Jur) → inhabilitar, incapacitar
he was incapacitated by arthritisestaba incapacitado por la artritis
he was incapacitated by alcoholestaba en un estado de embriaguez
physically incapacitatedincapacitado físicamente
incapacitate [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt] vtfrapper 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 workjdn arbeitsunfähig machen; physically incapacitatedkörperlich behindert; somewhat incapacitated by his broken ankledurch 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


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512) Jefferson noted in the preamble to his bill that government attempts to influence either in favor of or against religion by use of "temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness.
 
 
 
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