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Definition of incapacitate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

incapacitate

verb

NAmE//ˌɪnkəˈpæsəˌteɪt//

[usually passive] incapacitate somebody/something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they incapacitate

he / she / it incapacitates

past simple incapacitated

-ing form incapacitating

to make someone or something unable to live or work normally He was incapacitated by illness and old age. mentally incapacitated people

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