incapacitate
/ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt/
incapacitate verb: to make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
Verb
incapacitate (third-person singular simple present incapacitates, present participle incapacitating, simple past and past participle incapacitated)
- To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
- The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head.
- Synonyms:
- prostrate
- To imprison a potential offender and thereby prevent them from offending.
- Wilson's principal motivation for situation-oriented policies was the desire to change the real world by proposing politically practicable policies. And his principle prescription was to incapacitate a larger number of habitual offenders.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order
- To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.
incapacitate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
incapacitate in Tamil
- திறனறு, நலிவுறச் செய்
incapacitate in Urdu
- لاچار کرنا
incapacitate in Bengali
- অক্ষম করা, অসমর্থ করা, শক্তিহীন করা
incapacitate in Malayalam
- ദുർബ്ബലപ്പെടുത്തുക, കഴിവില്ലാതാക്കുക, കഴിവുകെടുത്തുക
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- incapacitate in Kannada
- ಅಸಮರ್ಥನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು, ಅಶಕ್ತನನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡು, ಅನರ್ಹಗೊಳಿಸು, ಅಳವು ಕೆಡಿಸು
Synonyms of incapacitate
Forms of incapacitate
| third-person singular present | incapacitates |
|---|---|
| present participle | incapacitating |
| past participle | incapacitated |
| past | incapacitated |
Origin of incapacitate
Mid-17th century, from incapacity + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French incapaciter.
Words formed from incapacitate
Questions about incapacitate
- What does incapacitate mean?
- Incapacitate means to make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.
- What is incapacitate in Tamil?
- Incapacitate in Tamil is திறனறு, நலிவுறச் செய். See Incapacitate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is incapacitate?
- Incapacitate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce incapacitate?
- Incapacitate is pronounced /ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of incapacitate?
- The past tense of incapacitate is incapacitated.
Words near incapacitate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: incapacitate (page history and authors); incapacitate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incapacitate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Incapacitate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incapacitate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incapacitate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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