incapacitate

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Definitions

To make someone unable to function normally; to disable

使丧失能力，使无法正常运作

To legally deprive someone of capacity to act

使丧失（法律）行为能力

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

in-not, opposite of

capacittake, seize, hold

-ateto make, having

=incapacitate

in- (not) + capacit (capere, 'hold/be able') + -ate (verb) = 'to make not-able.' To incapacitate someone is to strip away their capacity to act — an injury, illness, or drug that leaves them unable to function.

Root cap still carries 163 more words

Common Collocations

1.temporarily incapacitate暂时使丧失能力
2.incapacitated by illness因病丧失能力

Example Sentences

1.
The injury incapacitated him for several months.
2.
Tear gas is designed to temporarily incapacitate attackers.

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