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Incapacitation

ˌɪnkəˌpæsɪˈteɪʃən
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Incapacitation
    The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) incapacitation
    The act of incapacitating, or the state of being incapacitated; the act of disqualifying; disqualification.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (ns) Incapacitation
    the act of disqualifying
Usage in the news

A number of new crowd-control technologies take a different approach, employing sounds, shocks and stinks to disperse or incapacitate protesters. economist.com

Chronic pain can be mild or excruciating, episodic or continuous, merely inconvenient or totally incapacitating. ksat.com

A Lawyer's Fiduciary Role as a Court-Appointed Guardian of an Incapacitated Individual. dcbar.org

An estate plan spells out what happens if you become incapacitated or are hit by the proverbial bus. forbes.com

0Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers suspect alcohol in a train-car crash that sent one Rocky River, Ohio woman to the hospital with incapacitating injuries. nbc24.com

As Stalin plotted for control of the Communist Party, Lenin was alternately lucid and incapacitated. nytimes.com

A living will is a legal document that allows you to express your wishes to doctors in case you become incapacitated. money.cnn.com

Despite optimum medical management, many patients with Parkinson's disease are incapacitated by gait disorders including freezing of gait. thelancet.com

(AP) — A former nurse's aide has pleaded guilty to assault and battery charges stemming from incidents involving two incapacitated residents at a Staunton nursing home. avy.com

Bremerton police for the first time last week used a "less-than-lethal" gun to incapacitate and apprehend a dangerous suspect holding a knife. centralkitsapreporter.com

The sever­ity of symp­toms varies widely among peo­ple, but the sneezes , wheezes, snif­fles, headaches and fatigue nearly inca­pac­i­tate some sufferers. delgazette.com

Of those who stay married and have affairs , most say they never considered an affair before their infirm spouse changed drastically – either becoming spiteful or incapacitated. psychologytoday.com

If you do become incapacitated without having assigned power of attorney, the court will step in to appoint a guardian. money.cnn.com

Unless you are incapacitated and unable to do so, contact the police from the scene of the accident. kake.com

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba early Monday for emergency surgery after designating Vice President Nicholas Maduro as his replacement should he become incapacitated, official sources said. hispanicbusiness.com

Usage in scientific papers

With this concern, it was aimed to help people with disabilities especially those who have incapacitated hands and people who lost their hands due to different circumstances or hereditary cases.
Eye-GUIDE (Eye-Gaze User Interface Design) Messaging for Physically-Impaired People

MAC94] MacPherson D: Bullet Penetration—Modeling the Dynamics and the Incapacitation Resulting From Wound Trauma.
A method for testing handgun bullets in deer

This paper reviews the scientific support for a ballistic pressure wave radiating outward from a penetrating projectile and causing injury and incapacitation. This phenomenon is known colloquially as “hydrostatic shock.” The idea apparent ly originates with Col.
Scientific Evidence for Hydrostatic Shock

Incapacitation Resulting From Wound Trauma. Ballistics Publications, El Segundo, CA, 1994. IM, Oster G, et 10.
Scientific Evidence for Hydrostatic Shock

Other factors being equal, bullets producing larger pressure waves incapacitate more rapidly than bullets producing smaller pressure waves.
The Ballistic Pressure Wave Theory of Handgun Bullet Incapacitation

Usage in literature

This, among other ill-effects, will, worst of all, incapacitate you from the appreciative enjoyment of healthy food. "The Young Lady's Mentor" by A Lady

The negro is incapacitated by nature from acquiring the high intelligence of the Caucasian. "The Memories of Fifty Years" by William H. Sparks

James was very severely wounded at the fight at Chinhut, and was incapacitated the greater part of the siege. "Forty-one years in India" by Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Too much of it would incapacitate him. "The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador" by Dillon Wallace

A few years' knowledge of other countries than our own will not incapacitate me for that part. "Life of Lord Byron, Vol. I. (of VI.)" by Thomas Moore

Millions of men have been killed or incapacitated. "Modern American Prose Selections" by Various

I believe a few men died after being stung by scorpions, certainly many were temporarily incapacitated with poisoned arms and legs. "With Our Army in Palestine" by Antony Bluett

Now he was incapacitated, downright ill. "The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari" by James S. De Benneville

I declare my nerves are so shaken I feel quite incapacitated to preside at the dinner-table. "Eventide" by Effie Afton

The resultant explosion caught him in the knee and incapacitated him on the hospital list. "The Delta of the Triple Elevens" by William Elmer Bachman