incapacitating

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

that cripples or disables or incapacitates“a crippling injury”Synonyms: crippling disabling

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Incapacitate \In`ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incapacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incapacitating.] [Pref. in- not + capacitate.] [1913 Webster]

1.To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war. [1913 Webster]

2.(Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify. [1913 Webster]

It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank, office, function, or property.— Milman.[1913 Webster]

incapacitating \incapacitating\ adj. causing disability.

Syn: crippling, disabling. [WordNet 1.5]