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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
the malfunctioning of a single component can incapacitate the engine
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
the stroke left her completely incapacitated
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Recent Examples of incapacitated
Don Thompson, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
On Friday, March 21, the former talk show host, 60 — who was placed under a legal guardianship in 2022 and announced her dementia diagnosis in 2023 — continued her streak of refuting claims that she is incapacitated.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
The move came after state public health inspectors fined Golden Legacy for handcuffing an incapacitated patient’s ankle to the bed in violation of state and federal laws.
—Don Thompson, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
The 25th Amendment also has a controversial provision that allows the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet, or the majority of another body that Congress designated by law, to initiate the transfer of powers from an incapacitated president to the vice president.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The investigators then showed her photos and videos of Williams raping her while she was incapacitated.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
On Friday, March 21, the former talk show host, 60 — who was placed under a legal guardianship in 2022 and announced her dementia diagnosis in 2023 — continued her streak of refuting claims that she is incapacitated.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incapacitated
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Queen’s legendary guitarist Brian May made an unexpected return to the music festival stage at Coachella 2025, just seven months after a minor stroke temporarily paralyzed his left arm.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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However, so much has happened since 2020 — the year that a pandemic paralyzed the country — that Idahoans could be forgiven if their memories of the event are a little hazy.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Biles initially called out Gaines in response to a post by Gaines pointing out that the Minnesota State High School League disabled comments on its post announcing Champlin Park's softball team as state champions.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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Smith was charged May 29 with one count of felony battery against a disabled person and one misdemeanor battery charge, according to court documents.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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Mayor Adams is planning to travel to the Dominican Republic early next week to mourn the tragic Santo Domingo nightclub roof collapse that killed 221 people and left over 150 injured.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Everyone onboard the Cessna 310 aircraft were killed in the fiery crash in Boca Raton, while a fourth person on the ground — who was driving at the time — was left injured, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can’t work and afford health care.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Joe Biden’s disastrous June 2024 debate performance, when the nation witnessed a hoarse and feeble president losing his train of thought and struggling to finish sentences, ended his re-election campaign.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Their feeble efforts fall flat, because the physical historical record dictates otherwise.—
Daily Southtown,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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State IDs should indicate eligibility to work, employers should be required to verify that and any payroll reported under invalid documents results in notification and investigation.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The plaintiffs in the lawsuit — including resident Lucy Hurston — are asking a Superior Court judge to declare the May 28 referendum invalid.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2025
Adjective
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Precious metals and mining stocks were weak across both markets.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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But Democrats see Earle-Sears as a far weaker candidate than Youngkin, operating a worse environment for the GOP.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
8 July 2025
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“Incapacitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incapacitated. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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