incapacitated
incapacitated is the simple past of incapacitate.
Meaning of incapacitate
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.
Adjective
incapacitated (comparative more incapacitated, superlative most incapacitated)
- Rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action.
Forms of incapacitated
| comparative | more incapacitated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incapacitated |
Words formed from incapacitated
Questions about incapacitated
- What does incapacitated mean?
- Incapacitated means rendered unable to act; restricted from taking action.
- What is incapacitated the simple past of?
- Incapacitated is the simple past of incapacitate.
- What part of speech is incapacitated?
- Incapacitated is an adjective.
Words near incapacitated in the dictionary
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