Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective causing disability.
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- verb Present participle of
incapacitate . - adjective of an injury, etc. That incapacitates
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective that cripples or disables or incapacitates
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Examples
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Clearly, some kind of incapacitating agent was used in this operation.
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The report listed Lowe's injuries as "incapacitating" and he was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.
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The report listed Lowe's injuries as "incapacitating" and he was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.
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The report listed Lowe's injuries as "incapacitating" and he was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.
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NHTSA estimated about 18,000 people a year are hurt in back-over accidents, with about 3,000 suffering "incapacitating" injuries.
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The report listed Lowe's injuries as "incapacitating" and he was taken by Rural/Metro Ambulance Service to University of Tennessee Medical Center for treatment.
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NHTSA estimated about 18,000 people a year are hurt in back-over accidents, with about 3,000 suffering "incapacitating" injuries.
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Mitchell had four passengers in her car, including Samantha Smith, 18, and 2-month-old Zayadre Warren, both of whom were taken to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center with injuries officers reported as "incapacitating," the most serious designation used by police.
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Nor does Chertoff blush at "incapacitating" the innocent: "… we have arrested and successfully prosecuted a number of people … for acts that perhaps were not terrorist in nature but allowed us to incapacitate someone who we had reason to believe was a terrorist."
LewRockwell.com 2008
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2622 Superior Ave. He suffered an "incapacitating" ankle injury and was taken to St. Nicholas Hospital for treatment.
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