incapacitate
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incapacitate
- /ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt/ UK
Where it comes from
Mid-17th century, from incapacity + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French incapaciter.
verb incapacitates · incapacitating · incapacitated
- To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable. The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head.
- To imprison a potential offender and thereby prevent them from offending. Wilson's principal motivation for situation-oriented policies was the desire to change the real world by proposing politically practicable policies. And his principle prescription was to incapacitate a larger number of habitual offenders.
- To make someone ineligible; to disqualify.
Similar: disable
