Sample sentences for INCAPACITATE

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make unable to perform a certain action

incapacitated the suspect with a stun gun

They had grown up nearly as twins-Adam helping his slightly incapacitated sister; April as foil for his games and test subject for his inventions.
Stephen King -- Rose Red
I try to jerk away but I'm still too incapacitated.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire
(which, by the way, work wonders to incapacitate an enemy).
Rick Riordan -- The Throne of Fire
It was easy to imagine Chris McCandless making the same mistake as the Indian woman and becoming similarly incapacitated.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
Not fatal, but it's definitely incapacitating.
Michael Crichton -- Jurassic Park
His wounds did not seriously incapacitate him.
Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
Within minutes he was stiffening up, and by the time I arrived home from work that night, Marley was completely incapacitated, unable to move.
John Grogan -- Marley & Me
The doctor also said the dementia would progress and that Walter would likely become incapacitated.
Bryan Stevenson -- Just Mercy
And we understand that the surviving parent of these children is herself severely mentally incapacitated.
David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
While it did not incapacitate the president, it did weaken him and, according to his cabinet, made him even more irascible.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
My instincts recoiled against seeing an immortal incapacitated that way; it was profoundly wrong.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
This week, a Somali woman who worked at Luma's cleaning company had become all but incapacitated from back pain.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
Cain had incapacitated Verin while he summoned the creature; it liked its blood hot.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
The extent of the calamity left Mr. Letterblair white and incapacitated.
Edith Wharton -- The Age of Innocence
In two days, the Bird was violently ill, completely incapacitated with rocketing diarrhea and a 105-degree fever.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
But now, with Covey incapacitated, Baldwin was running out of people.
Alexs Pate -- Amistad
Dionysus was incapacitated yesterday.
Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian
You mean your cybrid was incapacitated while the virus destroyed you?
Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
If anyone tried to get past the cordon, they reacted swiftly, disarming and incapacitating whoever dared to run.
Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies

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