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Incapacitated

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Powerless 84% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Powerless 84% connected

Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Helpless 92% connected

Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disable verb · 78% connection

To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force, vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent physical or intellectual po…

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Discapacitate verb · 78% connection

To deprive of capacity; to incapacitate.

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Disqualify verb · 78% connection

To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the…

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Hamstring verb · 78% connection

To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

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Incapacitating p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Incapacitate

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Unfit verb · 78% connection

To make unsuitable or incompetent; to deprive of the strength, skill, or proper qualities for anything; to disable; to incapacitate; t…

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Incapacitate verb · 72% connection

To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for wa…

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