āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
incapacitate
/ÉĒnkÉpËÃĻsÉĒtËeâÉĒt/
to incapacitate
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āĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāϰ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something unable to work properly
Transitive: to incapacitate a system
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The financial crisis incapacitated the company, leaving it unable to meet its financial obligations.
āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻāϤāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāϰāĻž
to injure or weaken someone in a way that one cannot live normally
Transitive: to incapacitate a person or their body parts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spinal cord injury incapacitated him, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.
āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāύāĻžāϞ āĻāϰā§āĻĄ āĻāύāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŽāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻžāĻāĻžāϤāĻā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
1.2
āĻ āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻā§āώāĻŖāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to take away someone's ability to make their own decisions through a court order because they have a physical or mental problem
Transitive: to incapacitate sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a severe head injury, the court decided to incapacitate the patient temporarily until they regained cognitive function.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĒāϰā§, āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āϝāϤāĻā§āώāĻŖ āύāĻž āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāϰā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
incapacitated
incapacitating
incapacitate
capacitate
capacit
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