The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head.
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Incapacitate
//ˌɪn.kəˈpæ.sɪ.teɪt//
Synonyms for "incapacitate" (57 found)
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8 translations across 6 languages.
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 令癱瘓 /令瘫痪 verb (to put out of action, to render ineffective)
Czech
1 entries- zbavit svéprávnosti verb (to deprive of one's legal capacity)
Italian
2 entries- impossibilitare verb (to put out of action, to render ineffective)
- inibire verb (to deprive of one's legal capacity)
Māori
1 entries- whakakaurapa verb (to put out of action, to render ineffective)
Polish
2 entries- ubezwłasnowalniać verb (to deprive of one's legal capacity)
- ubezwłasnowolnić verb (to deprive of one's legal capacity)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- онеспособити verb (to put out of action, to render ineffective)
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Wilson's principal motivation for situation-oriented policies was the desire to change the real world by proposing politically practicable policies. And his principle prescription was to incapacitate a larger number of habitual offenders.
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