incapacitation
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
incapacitation (countable and uncountable, plural incapacitations)
- The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
- 1822, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb, LXVIII. To Wordsworth. March 20:
- I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.
- 2006 December 14, Karen Tumulty, “Johnson's Illness Puts Control of the Senate in Doubt”, in Time:
- The incapacitation of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has put all eyes in Washington on what is normally a little-noticed Senate vote now scheduled for Jan. 4.
- 1822, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb, LXVIII. To Wordsworth. March 20:
Synonyms
Translations
The act of incapacitating or the state of being incapacitated
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