incapacitate
pronunciation
How to pronounce incapacitate in British English:
UK [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt]
How to pronounce incapacitate in American English:
US [ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt]
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- Verb:
- make unable to perform a certain action
- injure permanently
Word Origin
- incapacitate (v.)
- 1650s, from incapacity + -ate. Related: Incapacitated; incapacitating.
Example
- 1. It is designed to incapacitate temporarily rather than injure .
- 2. Candida symptoms are vast and all encompassing and can even incapacitate the individual .
- 3. Warfare using chemical agentstokillorinjure or incapacitate the enemy .
- 4. You may get lucky and avoid the bullet , then be able to incapacitate him .
- 5. That is how it was able to incapacitate all the old ones .