Incapacitate \In`ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Incapacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating.] [Pref.
in- not + capacitate.]
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1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to
render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age
incapacitated him for war.
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2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or
of ability or competency for the performance of certain
civil acts; to disqualify.
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It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank,
office, function, or property. --Milman.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
incapacitate
v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this
command on your computer" [syn: disable, disenable]
[ant: enable]
2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
[syn: disable, invalid, handicap]
WordNet (r) 2.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "incapacitate":
afflict, bugger, castrate, cripple, de-energize, deactivate,
debilitate, derange, devitalize, disable, disarm, disenable,
disorder, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust,
hamstring, hobble, hors de combat, hospitalize, immobilize, impair,
inactivate, indispose, invalid, kibosh, lame, lay up, maim,
prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, reduce, sabotage, sicken,
spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wound, wreck
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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