incapacitateverb [ T often passive ]
uk/ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪt/us/ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ə.teɪt/to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do:
The accident left me incapacitated for seven months.
Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them.
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Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the wars idiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- gash
- harm
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- muscle
- pull
- rick
- sprain
- trample
- twist
- victim
- whiplash
- wound 1
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Machines - not functioning
incapacitating
adjective uk/ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ə.teɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
Extreme shyness can be very incapacitating.