incapacitate

incapacitate
    v 1: make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this
         command on your computer" [syn: {disable}, {disenable},
         {incapacitate}] [ant: {enable}]
    2: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident" [syn:
       {disable}, {invalid}, {incapacitate}, {handicap}]
    

Incapacitate \In`ca*pac"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Incapacitated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incapacitating}.] [Pref.
   in- not + capacitate.]
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   1. To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to
      render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age
      incapacitated him for war.
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   2. (Law) To deprive of legal or constitutional requisites, or
      of ability or competency for the performance of certain
      civil acts; to disqualify.
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            It absolutely incapacitated them from holding rank,
            office, function, or property.        --Milman.
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44 Moby Thesaurus words for "incapacitate":
      afflict, bugger, castrate, cripple, de-energize, deactivate,
      debilitate, derange, devitalize, disable, disarm, disenable,
      disorder, drain, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust,
      hamstring, hobble, hors de combat, hospitalize, immobilize, impair,
      inactivate, indispose, invalid, kibosh, lame, lay up, maim,
      prostrate, put, queer, queer the works, reduce, sabotage, sicken,
      spike, unfit, weaken, wing, wound, wreck