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incapacitate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'incapacitate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Incapacitate [ v. t.]
- To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.
- To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or of ability or competency for the performance of certain civil acts; to disqualify.

Meaning of 'incapacitate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . incapacitate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make unable to perform a certain action
Example in sentence:
  • disable this command on your computer
Meaning (2):
- injure permanently
Example in sentence:
  • He was disabled in a car accident