1
as in to paralyze
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine
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as in to cripple
to cause severe or permanent injury to
the stroke left her completely incapacitated
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Recent Examples of incapacitate
Poison—the craft held an endless array of ways to stop a heart, and if studied well, a myriad of tinctures to incapacitate, dull, and deceive an enemy.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Research has shown that lithium-ion battery fires produce higher levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide which can incapacitate a person.
—John Orlando, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
Popular programs that manage emergency response and promote global health have been incapacitated.
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
He was drugged before being taken back to his apartment by the defendants, who then robbed him of over $2,000 and left him lying incapacitated on his bed, according to prosecutors.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
Research has shown that lithium-ion battery fires produce higher levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide which can incapacitate a person.
—John Orlando, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
Popular programs that manage emergency response and promote global health have been incapacitated.
—Andrew Natsios, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
He was drugged before being taken back to his apartment by the defendants, who then robbed him of over $2,000 and left him lying incapacitated on his bed, according to prosecutors.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitate
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The shooting left dozens wounded, including an 8-year-old boy who was partially paralyzed.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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During one of the most severe outbreaks in 1952, the virus infected 58,000 people in the US, paralyzed more than 21,000 and killed more than 3,100.—
Neha Mukherjee,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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About six weeks ago, hackers crippled the computer systems of the TV and mobile phone provider Dish Network.—
Shira Ovide,
Washington Post,
4 Apr. 2023
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Oakland Mills Coach: Chris Brewington Last season: Class 2A state champion Outlook: Losing the talent Oakland Mills did from last year’s outdoor season would cripple most programs, but the Scorpions have reloaded.—
Anthony Maluso,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2023
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There are eight issues that have begun to undermine the stock market's shaky support.—
John S. Tobey,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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His brave stand, like the legendary Dutch hero whose finger in the dike blocked a flood, still holds back the efforts of Putin, Xi Jinping, and their allies to undermine democracy — in the Baltics, Poland, Western Europe, and Taiwan, and in Trump’s United States.—
Trudy Rubin,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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And in February, a driver plowed into a protest group in Munich injuring at least 28 people.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the two people killed, 10 people were injured, five seriously, Mannheim police said in a statement.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Another fifteen or so had been injured, including some who would likely be maimed for the rest of their lives.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps most tragically, this ideology has maimed thousands of young people for life.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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All of these resources are active and available on the Radeon RX 9070 XT, but eight of the 64 compute units are disabled on the Radeon RX 9070, reducing its core counts to 3,584 shaders, 224 TMUs, 112 AI accelerators, and 56 ray accelerators.—
Michael Justin Allen Sexton,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Peak Drive Online ordering has been temporarily disabled for Del Taco's Colorado locations.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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After asking the village to remove the Christmas lights in honor of the more than 46,000 Palestinians killed in the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas, the village instead offered to install lights for Ramadan, Nawab said.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, the state has passed several amendments giving more leeway to killing black bears out of self-defense.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Incapacitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacitate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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