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- [in-kuh-pas-i-teyt]
- /ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪˌteɪt/
- /ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪt/
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- [in-kuh-pas-i-teyt]
- /ˌɪn kəˈpæs ɪˌteɪt/
Definitions of incapacitate word
- verb with object incapacitate to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable. 1
- verb with object incapacitate Law. to deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways. 1
- noun incapacitate Prevent from functioning in a normal way. 1
- transitive verb incapacitate disable, make powerless 1
- verb incapacitate If something incapacitates you, it weakens you in some way, so that you cannot do certain things. 0
- verb incapacitate to deprive of power, strength, or capacity; disable 0
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Origin of incapacitate
First appearance:
before 1650 One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60; incapacit(y) + -ate1
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Parts of speech for Incapacitate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
incapacitate popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for incapacitate
verb incapacitate
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- immobilize — to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- disable — make not work
- cripple — A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- maim — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
Antonyms for incapacitate
verb incapacitate
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
- assuage — If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
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