Synonyms for incapacitate

Most common

disable · weaken · cripple · disarm · enervate · disenable

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make someone or something incapable of doing something; to disable.

   The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head.

Related words

Word family

incapacitated incapacitating incapacitation

Forms

Past participle

incapacitated
e.g. incapacitated → disabled, crippled, disarmed, weakened…

Example sentences

• disable You are about to disable two-factor authentication.
• weaken This could profoundly weaken the Algerian economy.
• cripple But I have nothing left. I am just an old cripple.
• disarm The police managed to disarm the perp.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

unfit²

6 letters

weaken², disarm²

7 letters

invalid³, disable³, cripple²

8 letters

handicap³, enervate

9 letters

hamstring², prostrate², disenable

10 letters

disqualify⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unfit² = 2 syllables).