incapacitate
/ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/
verb
- To make someone unable to function or act normally, especially due to injury, illness, or disability.
- A sudden back injury incapacitated the athlete during the championship game.
- The flu incapacitated her for a week, keeping her in bed.
- The security guard used a stun gun to incapacitate the intruder.
- To disable or render something ineffective or inoperative.
- A power surge incapacitated the laboratory's sensitive equipment.
- Heavy snow incapacitated the city's public transportation system for hours.
- The hacker's attack incapacitated the company's entire computer network.
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