incapacitate
[verb]
Synonyms: disable, cripple, immobilize, lay up (informal), paralyse, put out of action (informal)

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Antonyms: capacitate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧tate AC /ˌɪnkəˈpæsəteɪt, ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/ verb [transitive] formal

1. to make you too ill or weak to live and work normally:
Her mother has been incapacitated by a fall.
an incapacitating injury

2. to stop a system, piece of equipment etc from working properly:
A successful attack would incapacitate military training camps.
—incapacitation /ˌɪnkəpæsəˈteɪʃən, ˌɪnkəpæsɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

incapacitate
verb be incapacitated
ADV. severely | totally By this time my father was totally incapacitated by his illness.
temporarily | mentally, physically

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