Definition of Incapacitating

1. Adjective. That cripples or disables or incapacitates. "A crippling injury"

Exact synonyms: Crippling, Disabling
Similar to: Unhealthful

Definition of Incapacitating

1. Verb. (present participle of incapacitate) ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of an injury etc) That incapacitates ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incapacitating

1. incapacitate [v] - See also: incapacitate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incapacitating

incanting
incantoning
incants
incapabilities
incapability
incapable
incapable(p)
incapableness
incapablenesses
incapably
incapacious
incapacitant
incapacitate
incapacitated
incapacitates
incapacitating (current term)
incapacitation
incapacitations
incapacitative
incapacities
incapacity
incapsulate
incapsulated
incapsulates
incapsulating
incapsulation
incapsulations
incarcerable
incarcerate
incarcerated

Literary usage of Incapacitating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892)
"... modification the Bill which Forbes had repeatedly brought forward, for incapacitating most pensioners and some placemen from sitting in Parliament. ..."

2. The Elements of Vital Statistics by Arthur Newsholme (1889)
"incapacitating Sickness.—Time Lost by Sickness per Annum—Statistics of Friendly Societies.—Number Constantly Sick per Cent.—Economical Aspect of Sickness. ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"—A contract whose performance depends upon the personal capacity of the parties is discharged by their death or incapacitating illness.1 houses were ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... physical or mental, ae partial or total insanity caused by intoxication and incapacitating for labor. Gran v. Houston, 64 NW 245, 247, 45 Neb. 813. ..."

5. The Illustrated Horse Management: Containing Descriptive Remarks Upon by Edward Mayhew (1864)
"THE 80-CALLED "incapacitating VICES," WHICH ABE THE RESULTS OF INJURY OR OF DISEASE. THE word " vice," when applied to the horse, represents any quality ..."

6. The Illustrated Horse Management: Containing Descriptive Remarks Upon by Edward Mayhew (1864)
"THE SO-CALLED "incapacitating VICES," WHICH ARE THE RESULTS OF INJURY OK OF DISEASE. THE word " vice," when applied to the horse, represents any quality ..."

7. A History of England in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1891)
"... modification the Bill which Forbes had repeatedly brought forward, for incapacitating most pensioners arid some placemen from sitting in Parliament. ..."

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