incapacitate

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There are some who have inferred that the TRC's recommendation to ban persons who supported warring factions from holding elective and appointive offices is intended to incapacitate, or at least impair, President Sirleaf's candidacy for re-election in the 2011 elections and this has been influenced by political contenders who believe that their chances are better if she were not a candidate.

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  1. transitive verb To deprive of strength or ability; disable.
  2. transitive verb To make legally ineligible; disqualify.

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  • He knew how to use his fists, elbows, knees, feet, and even forehead to incapacitate or kill. —  ConsenttoKill
  • These character sequences flash , or incapacitate, the terminal of the target. —  Maximum Security -- Ch 8 -- Internet Warfare
  • If you help them and incapacitate (people never die in the game, they only get knocked out) the foe you gain XP and money, which you can then use to purchase items to help replenish health. —  1UP RSS feed
  • If the standard blanket protocol for a supposedly trained officer in all instances has become 'incapacitate - incarcerate - excuse', then we are left with a police force that is both incapable of adapting to critical situations, and one that blindly attacks everything that moves in a desperate semblance of 'defense'. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • TASER devices use proprietary technology to incapacitate dangerous, combative, or high-risk subjects who pose a risk to law enforcement officers, innocent citizens, or themselves in a manner that is generally recognized as a safer alternative to other uses of force. —  News
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incapacitate:   incapacitating ·  incapacitated
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  1. from in- + capacitate. Cf. equivalent Spanish Portuguese incapacitar.
 

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/ɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/
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