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How to pronounce incapacitate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disable, disenable
Type of alter, modify, change
Has types nobble, pinion, restrain, lay up, constrain, hold, confine
Type Words
Synonyms disable, handicap, invalid
Type of wound, injure
Has types hock

Examples of incapacitate

incapacitate
The deaths are unlikely to incapacitate al Qaeda in Iraq or prevent new attacks.
From the online.wsj.com
I allowed my failures to define, limit, and even incapacitate me for many years.
From the forbes.com
The idea, I suppose, would be to incapacitate the target but not permanently.
From the techcrunch.com
The new Hellfire Club attacks the exhibit and incapacitate all senior X-Men present.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Although rarely fatal, norovirus can severely incapacitate people for up to three days.
From the independent.co.uk
If these funding cuts see the light of day, they will incapacitate USAid.
From the guardian.co.uk
What's more, some people are being shocked more than once in a bid to incapacitate them.
From the newscientist.com
Today even multiple afflictions do not necessarily incapacitate a person.
From the time.com
The inquest heard that the aim was to incapacitate him, allowing officers to make an arrest.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Disable: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"
  • Disable: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"
  • (incapacitating) crippling: that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury"
  • Incapacitation in the context of sentencing philosophy refers to the effect of a sentence in terms of positively preventing (rather than merely deterring) future offending.
  • To make incapable (of doing something)
  • (INCAPACITATION) A philosophy of incarceration that argues that some offenders might have to be incarcerated not for what they have done but to prevent future harm to the community. This depends on the community's ability to identify those that might re-offend. ...
  • (Incapacitation) Designed simply to keep criminals away from society so that the public is protected from their misconduct. This is often achieved through prison sentences today. The death penalty or banishment have served the same purpose.
  • (Incapacitation) Evil act that is performed while dancing around stokes.
  • (Incapacitation) Prisons have not strayed from their original intention. Though there are loopholes to the justice system, prisons are living up to their mission statements. ...