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decapacitating

decapacitating is the present participle and gerund of decapacitate.

Meaning of decapacitate

Verb

decapacitate (third-person singular simple present decapacitates, present participle decapacitating, simple past and past participle decapacitated)

  1. To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.
    • Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.

Questions about decapacitating

What is decapacitating the present participle and gerund of?
Decapacitating is the present participle and gerund of decapacitate.

Words near decapacitating in the dictionary

  1. decaoxo
  2. decap
  3. decapacitate
  4. decapacitated
  5. decapacitates
  6. decapacitating
  7. decapacitation
  8. decaparsec
  9. decaparsecs
  10. decapartite
  11. decapentaplegic

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