incapacitate

/ˌɪn·kəˈpæs·ɪˌteɪt/ v [T]

Definition

› to remove someone’s ability to do something: The accident incapacitated me for seven months. incapacitating

/ˌɪn·kəˈpæs·əˌteɪ·t̬ɪŋ/ adj › an incapacitating illness incapacity

/ˌɪn·kəˈpæs·ɪ·t̬i/ n [U] › The novel tells the story of a man’s incapacity for love.

(Definition of incapacitate v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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