incapacitate

Example Sentences

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Electroshock weapons are designed to temporarily incapacitate suspects with a shock before police detain them.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

He described them as a "highly intelligent" and "active predator" equipped with "specialised glands that produce venom to incapacitate its prey".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

“The executive thus can neither outright abolish an agency nor incapacitate it by cutting away the personnel required to implement the agency’s statutorily-mandated duties.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

The second study found racial disparities in injuries that occurred when Tasers and similar weapons were used by police to incapacitate people.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2024

While it did not incapacitate the president, it did weaken him and, according to his cabinet, made him even more irascible.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela