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- incapacitate
incapacitate
incapacitate someone (for something) (for a period of time)
to make someone physically unfit for [doing] something for a period of time. The accident incapacitated Rick for further work for a year. Sam's carelessness incapacitated Frank for a month.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Paolo | | POW-lo | Italian |
Gena (2) | | - | Russian |
Balliol | | ['beiljəl] | |
Vicente | | bee-THEN-te (Spanish), bee-SEN-te (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
Jamillah | | - | Arabic |
Yefim | | ye-FEEM, ee-FEEM | Russian |