[verb] [T] - to remove the ability to do something from (someone)Rubber bullets are intended to incapacitate people rather than kill them.Our objective is to incapacitate their military machine and ensure they will never again threaten the security of the region.The accident left me incapacitated for seven months.
INCAPACITATE
Meaning of INCAPACITATE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012