incapacitating

verb

Definition of incapacitatingnext
present participle of incapacitate
1
as in paralyzing
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine

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2
as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to the stroke left her completely incapacitated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitating
  1. paralyzing
  2. disabling
  3. injuring
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  • The anxiety of overloading your skin with products can be paralyzing.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Already this year, corporate giants like AT&T, Ticketmaster and United Health have suffered paralyzing cyberattacks, and now, businesses are bracing for the holidays, a time when many cybersecurity operations rely on skeleton staffing.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
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  • Although this type of stroke only accounts for 13% of strokes in the US, ICH strokes can be disabling and fatal.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Vaccination has prevented billions of children from contracting this disabling and life-threatening disease and is the only way to wipe out polio completely.
    Cynthia Tully, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of disabling
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  • Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man charged with breaking into a home in a Philadelphia suburb, fatally shooting a 25-year-old man and injuring a woman.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • During his appearance on the podcast, Freeman also spoke about injuring himself on the set of David Fincher's thriller movie, Se7en.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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