in ‧ ca ‧ pa ‧ ci ‧ tate AC /ˌɪnkəˈpæsəteɪt, ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪteɪt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] formal
1 . to make you too ill or weak to live and work normally:
Her mother has been incapacitated by a fall.
an incapacitating injury
2 . to stop a system, piece of equipment etc from working properly:
A successful attack would incapacitate military training camps.
—incapacitation /ˌɪnkəpæsəˈteɪʃ ə n, ˌɪnkəpæsɪˈteɪʃ ə n/ noun [uncountable]