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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render defenseless |
| Synonyms: | conciliate, cripple, deactivate, debilitate, deescalate, demilitarize, demobilize, disable, disband, disqualify, incapacitate, invalidate, neutralize, occupy, pacify, paralyze, prostrate, skin, strip, subdue, subjugate, unarm, weaken |
| Antonyms: | arm |
| Main Entry: | disabled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapacitated |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | able, healthy |
| Main Entry: | harmless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not injurious or dangerous |
| Synonyms: | controllable, disarmed, gentle, guiltless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger, powerless, pussycat, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, softie, sound, sure, trustworthy, unobjectionable, unoffensive |
| Antonyms: | bad, destructive, evil, harmful, hurtful, injurious, sinful, wicked |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | helpless |
| Synonyms: | beaten, defenseless, disarmed, impotent, open, overcome, overpowered, overwhelmed, paralyzed, powerless, reduced, weak |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | happy, self-sufficient, strong, successful |
| Main Entry: | prostrate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired, worn |
| Synonyms: | crippled, dejected, depressed, disarmed, drained, drowned, exhausted, fagged, fallen, frazzled, immobilized, incapacitated, inconsolable, knocked over, obedient, overcome, paralyzed, pooped, spent*, submissive, subservient, tuckered, wearied, worn out |
| Notes: | prone is lying on your face (facing downwards) - which is also true for prostrate, but only in expressing adoration or begging for protection; supine is lying on your back prostate is the gland; prostrate means 'lying face down' supine is lying face upward, prone and prostrate are lying face downward - and prostrate suggests throwing oneself down, while recumbent is lying flat in any position |
| Antonyms: | hale, healthy, strong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unoffensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harmless |
| Synonyms: | controllable, disarmed, gentle, guiltless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, innoxious, inoffensive, inoperative, kind, manageable, naive, nonirritating, nontoxic, painless, paper-tiger, powerless, pussycat, reliable, safe, sanitary, simple, soft*, softie, sound, sure, trustworthy, unobjectionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cripple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disable; make lame |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support |
| Main Entry: | disable |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | render inoperative; cripple |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, enable, help, improve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incapacitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put out of action |
| Synonyms: | clip wings, cripple, damage, disable, disarm, disenable, disqualify, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hurt, immobilize, lame, lay up, maim, paralyze, prostrate, put out of commission, take out, undermine, weaken |
| Antonyms: | allow, facilitate, mobilize, permit |
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