1.
[syn: crippling, disabling, incapacitating]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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:
incapacitating \incapacitating\ adj.
causing disability.
Syn: crippling, disabling.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incapacitating
adj 1: that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling
injury" [syn: crippling, disabling, incapacitating]