Definition of incapacitate in English:

incapacitate

verb ˌɪnkəˈpasɪteɪtˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt

[with object]

1Prevent from functioning in a normal way.
使丧失能力，使不能正常活动
he was incapacitated by a heart attack
他因心脏病发作而丧失活动能力。
Example sentencesExamples
- The condition, which he contracted more than three years ago, frequently incapacitates him.
- The battle was over, and the only knight preventing his retreat was incapacitated.
- Officers also carry CS spray which stings, irritates, and incapacitates the suspect.
- He is married to Aggie, incapacitated with a broken leg, like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.
- The reason for the application was that the existing worker had suffered a heart attack and is currently incapacitated.
- Many stepped up when wounds incapacitated their leaders.
- He came by last night and attacked my servants, mortally wounding one and incapacitating the other and threatened me with my life if I didn't hand the gems over.
- In 1963, he suffered the first of several strokes which finally incapacitated him.
- Tom, an astrophysicist, had begun suffering from incapacitating depression during our final year.
- According to the central bank law, a member of the bank's board of governors cannot be replaced unless he or she has been proven to have committed a crime, has been incapacitated or voluntarily resigns.
- I sweat like a racehorse, and very dark thoughts mingled with incapacitating spasms of pain.
- Once a patient is extremely incapacitated, there is little medical motivation to aggressively treat such infections.
- And we're searching now what would need to take place if the governor would be incapacitated.
- And in fact, we have a number of incidents in Russia lately where people were either assassinated or poisoned or administered some drugs which incapacitated them.
- As in the case for the forearm, attempts to immediately incapacitate an adversary by directing thrusts or cuts to leg muscles may not have been particularly effective.
- In most cases the parents are physically incapacitated through drugs or drink or mentally and emotionally destroyed by having suffered themselves as children.
- This largely incapacitates the biological function.
- And the second bomber was injured or at least was incapacitated by that first attack, and his bomb didn't go off.
- He later added: ‘The pathologists say there was no evidence Robert struggled, which suggests Robert may have been incapacitated in some way.’
- Bob has been totally incapacitated, as far as his professional life is concerned because of this.
Synonyms
disabled, debilitated, indisposed, unfit
immobilized, paralysed, out of action, out of commission
French hors de combat
informal laid up
1. 1.1Law Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity.
  〔律〕剥夺…的合法资格
  Example sentencesExamples
  Those physical injuries incapacitated her for her former job, but it was not suggested that they incapacitated her wholly.
  The plaintiff's case at trial was simply that she was totally incapacitated.
  I will tell the jury that he was mentally incapacitated or driven by emotion alone and hadn't a clue of how to deal.
  Her lawyers have said she was so incapacitated she could not sign her name and had to use a thumb print as a signature.
  The finding against us was that the worker did not show to the satisfaction of the review officer that he was incapacitated at the point in time he was seeking wages, workers' compensation payments and nothing more.

Derivatives

incapacitation

noun ˌɪnkəpasɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnkəˌpæsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n

A chemical weapon can be ‘any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm’.
Example sentencesExamples
- The purpose, according to an official report, was ‘to determine the dosage which, when applied to clothed or bare skin of men, would cause incapacitation or death’.
- ‘The baton gun is much more accurate [than it was] and results in temporary incapacitation of the person without long-term injuries,’ he said.
- Patients whose postoperative courses were worse than expected cited reasons such as unanticipated pain, fatigue, and more incapacitation than expected.
- Under Malawian law, the vice-president automatically takes power once the office is vacant through death, incapacitation or impeachment.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from incapacity + -ate³.

Definition of incapacitate in US English:

incapacitate

verbˌinkəˈpasəˌtātˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt

[with object]

1Prevent from functioning in a normal way.
使丧失能力，使不能正常活动
he was incapacitated by a heart attack
他因心脏病发作而丧失活动能力。
Example sentencesExamples
- He later added: ‘The pathologists say there was no evidence Robert struggled, which suggests Robert may have been incapacitated in some way.’
- In 1963, he suffered the first of several strokes which finally incapacitated him.
- He came by last night and attacked my servants, mortally wounding one and incapacitating the other and threatened me with my life if I didn't hand the gems over.
- I sweat like a racehorse, and very dark thoughts mingled with incapacitating spasms of pain.
- The reason for the application was that the existing worker had suffered a heart attack and is currently incapacitated.
- Many stepped up when wounds incapacitated their leaders.
- And we're searching now what would need to take place if the governor would be incapacitated.
- And in fact, we have a number of incidents in Russia lately where people were either assassinated or poisoned or administered some drugs which incapacitated them.
- Bob has been totally incapacitated, as far as his professional life is concerned because of this.
- The condition, which he contracted more than three years ago, frequently incapacitates him.
- Tom, an astrophysicist, had begun suffering from incapacitating depression during our final year.
- According to the central bank law, a member of the bank's board of governors cannot be replaced unless he or she has been proven to have committed a crime, has been incapacitated or voluntarily resigns.
- As in the case for the forearm, attempts to immediately incapacitate an adversary by directing thrusts or cuts to leg muscles may not have been particularly effective.
- The battle was over, and the only knight preventing his retreat was incapacitated.
- And the second bomber was injured or at least was incapacitated by that first attack, and his bomb didn't go off.
- Officers also carry CS spray which stings, irritates, and incapacitates the suspect.
- This largely incapacitates the biological function.
- In most cases the parents are physically incapacitated through drugs or drink or mentally and emotionally destroyed by having suffered themselves as children.
- Once a patient is extremely incapacitated, there is little medical motivation to aggressively treat such infections.
- He is married to Aggie, incapacitated with a broken leg, like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window.
Synonyms
disabled, debilitated, indisposed, unfit
1. 1.1Law Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity.
  〔律〕剥夺…的合法资格
  Example sentencesExamples
  The plaintiff's case at trial was simply that she was totally incapacitated.
  I will tell the jury that he was mentally incapacitated or driven by emotion alone and hadn't a clue of how to deal.
  Those physical injuries incapacitated her for her former job, but it was not suggested that they incapacitated her wholly.
  Her lawyers have said she was so incapacitated she could not sign her name and had to use a thumb print as a signature.
  The finding against us was that the worker did not show to the satisfaction of the review officer that he was incapacitated at the point in time he was seeking wages, workers' compensation payments and nothing more.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from incapacity + -ate.

词汇	incapacitate
释义	Definition of incapacitate in English: incapacitate verb ˌɪnkəˈpasɪteɪtˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt [with object] 1Prevent from functioning in a normal way. 使丧失能力，使不能正常活动 he was incapacitated by a heart attack 他因心脏病发作而丧失活动能力。 Example sentencesExamples The condition, which he contracted more than three years ago, frequently incapacitates him. The battle was over, and the only knight preventing his retreat was incapacitated. Officers also carry CS spray which stings, irritates, and incapacitates the suspect. He is married to Aggie, incapacitated with a broken leg, like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window. The reason for the application was that the existing worker had suffered a heart attack and is currently incapacitated. Many stepped up when wounds incapacitated their leaders. He came by last night and attacked my servants, mortally wounding one and incapacitating the other and threatened me with my life if I didn't hand the gems over. In 1963, he suffered the first of several strokes which finally incapacitated him. Tom, an astrophysicist, had begun suffering from incapacitating depression during our final year. According to the central bank law, a member of the bank's board of governors cannot be replaced unless he or she has been proven to have committed a crime, has been incapacitated or voluntarily resigns. I sweat like a racehorse, and very dark thoughts mingled with incapacitating spasms of pain. Once a patient is extremely incapacitated, there is little medical motivation to aggressively treat such infections. And we're searching now what would need to take place if the governor would be incapacitated. And in fact, we have a number of incidents in Russia lately where people were either assassinated or poisoned or administered some drugs which incapacitated them. As in the case for the forearm, attempts to immediately incapacitate an adversary by directing thrusts or cuts to leg muscles may not have been particularly effective. In most cases the parents are physically incapacitated through drugs or drink or mentally and emotionally destroyed by having suffered themselves as children. This largely incapacitates the biological function. And the second bomber was injured or at least was incapacitated by that first attack, and his bomb didn't go off. He later added: ‘The pathologists say there was no evidence Robert struggled, which suggests Robert may have been incapacitated in some way.’ Bob has been totally incapacitated, as far as his professional life is concerned because of this. Synonyms disabled, debilitated, indisposed, unfit immobilized, paralysed, out of action, out of commission French hors de combat informal laid up 1.1Law Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity. 〔律〕剥夺…的合法资格 Example sentencesExamples Those physical injuries incapacitated her for her former job, but it was not suggested that they incapacitated her wholly. The plaintiff's case at trial was simply that she was totally incapacitated. I will tell the jury that he was mentally incapacitated or driven by emotion alone and hadn't a clue of how to deal. Her lawyers have said she was so incapacitated she could not sign her name and had to use a thumb print as a signature. The finding against us was that the worker did not show to the satisfaction of the review officer that he was incapacitated at the point in time he was seeking wages, workers' compensation payments and nothing more. Derivatives incapacitation noun ˌɪnkəpasɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnkəˌpæsəˈteɪʃ(ə)n A chemical weapon can be ‘any chemical which through its chemical action on life processes can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm’. Example sentencesExamples The purpose, according to an official report, was ‘to determine the dosage which, when applied to clothed or bare skin of men, would cause incapacitation or death’. ‘The baton gun is much more accurate [than it was] and results in temporary incapacitation of the person without long-term injuries,’ he said. Patients whose postoperative courses were worse than expected cited reasons such as unanticipated pain, fatigue, and more incapacitation than expected. Under Malawian law, the vice-president automatically takes power once the office is vacant through death, incapacitation or impeachment. Origin Mid 17th century: from incapacity + -ate³. Definition of incapacitate in US English: incapacitate verbˌinkəˈpasəˌtātˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt [with object] 1Prevent from functioning in a normal way. 使丧失能力，使不能正常活动 he was incapacitated by a heart attack 他因心脏病发作而丧失活动能力。 Example sentencesExamples He later added: ‘The pathologists say there was no evidence Robert struggled, which suggests Robert may have been incapacitated in some way.’ In 1963, he suffered the first of several strokes which finally incapacitated him. He came by last night and attacked my servants, mortally wounding one and incapacitating the other and threatened me with my life if I didn't hand the gems over. I sweat like a racehorse, and very dark thoughts mingled with incapacitating spasms of pain. The reason for the application was that the existing worker had suffered a heart attack and is currently incapacitated. Many stepped up when wounds incapacitated their leaders. And we're searching now what would need to take place if the governor would be incapacitated. And in fact, we have a number of incidents in Russia lately where people were either assassinated or poisoned or administered some drugs which incapacitated them. Bob has been totally incapacitated, as far as his professional life is concerned because of this. The condition, which he contracted more than three years ago, frequently incapacitates him. Tom, an astrophysicist, had begun suffering from incapacitating depression during our final year. According to the central bank law, a member of the bank's board of governors cannot be replaced unless he or she has been proven to have committed a crime, has been incapacitated or voluntarily resigns. As in the case for the forearm, attempts to immediately incapacitate an adversary by directing thrusts or cuts to leg muscles may not have been particularly effective. The battle was over, and the only knight preventing his retreat was incapacitated. And the second bomber was injured or at least was incapacitated by that first attack, and his bomb didn't go off. Officers also carry CS spray which stings, irritates, and incapacitates the suspect. This largely incapacitates the biological function. In most cases the parents are physically incapacitated through drugs or drink or mentally and emotionally destroyed by having suffered themselves as children. Once a patient is extremely incapacitated, there is little medical motivation to aggressively treat such infections. He is married to Aggie, incapacitated with a broken leg, like Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window. Synonyms disabled, debilitated, indisposed, unfit 1.1Law Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity. 〔律〕剥夺…的合法资格 Example sentencesExamples The plaintiff's case at trial was simply that she was totally incapacitated. I will tell the jury that he was mentally incapacitated or driven by emotion alone and hadn't a clue of how to deal. Those physical injuries incapacitated her for her former job, but it was not suggested that they incapacitated her wholly. Her lawyers have said she was so incapacitated she could not sign her name and had to use a thumb print as a signature. The finding against us was that the worker did not show to the satisfaction of the review officer that he was incapacitated at the point in time he was seeking wages, workers' compensation payments and nothing more. Origin Mid 17th century: from incapacity + -ate.
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