incapacitation
/ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
incapacitation noun: the act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
Noun
incapacitation (countable and uncountable, plural incapacitations)
- The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
- I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.1822, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb, LXVIII. To Wordsworth. March 20
- The incapacitation of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has put all eyes in Washington on what is normally a little-noticed Senate vote now scheduled for Jan. 4.2006 December 14, Karen Tumulty, “Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt”, in Time
- The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.
- Order-maintenance proponents affirmatively promote youth curfews, anti-gang loitering ordinances, and order-maintenance crackdowns as milder alternatives to the theory of incapacitation and increased incarceration.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order
Synonyms of incapacitation
Forms of incapacitation
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Words that rhyme with incapacitation
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- combination
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Questions about incapacitation
- What does incapacitation mean?
- Incapacitation means the act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
- What part of speech is incapacitation?
- Incapacitation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce incapacitation?
- Incapacitation is pronounced /ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of incapacitation?
- The plural of incapacitation is incapacitations.
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