Incapacitate – To make someone unable to work or do things normally
(Pronounced in-ka-pass-it-ate)
To remember the definition of the word incapacitate, use the following mnemonic:
In the car he passed at such a rate (incapacitate) they were unable to ever work again.
Examples of incapacitate in a sentence
The doctor ordered the nurse to use a tranquillizer to incapacitate the wild patient.
Unless the virus is removed immediately, it will incapacitate the computer’s operating system.
A back injury of such a serious nature could incapacitate a person for several months.
