depowered
Made less powerful
Depowered describes something stripped of its power or abilities.
The term appears most often in fiction—especially comics and superhero stories—where characters lose their supernatural or extraordinary capabilities: The depowered hero had to rely on his wits alone.
Outside fiction, depowered can describe anything reduced from a more powerful state: a depowered engine, depowered brakes.
Rendered inoperative
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- shutdownCessation of operations
- immobilizedMade unable to move
neutralized · disarmed · incapacitated · inoperative · offline · inactive · dormant · inert
Rendered infertile surgically
- impotentLacking power or efficacy
- defangedMade less dangerous
- declawedTalons surgically removed
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
castrated · toothless · hamstrung · crippled · hobbled · undermined · sabotaged · diminished
Emptied of resources
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
- sappedDepleted of vitality
- diminishedMade or became smaller
enfeebled · debilitated · enervated · atrophied · reduced · emptied · fatigued · spent
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
- helplessUnable to act independently
- unshieldedLacking protective barrier
undefended · unfortified · susceptible · at-risk · endangered · precarious · open · assailable
deactivated
Rendered inoperative
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- shutdownCessation of operations
immobilized · neutralized · disarmed · incapacitated · inoperative · offline · inactive · dormant · inert · paralyzed
neutered
Rendered infertile surgically
emasculated · castrated · toothless · hamstrung · crippled · hobbled · undermined · sabotaged · diminished · marginalized
drained
Emptied of resources
diminished · enfeebled · debilitated · enervated · atrophied · reduced · emptied · fatigued · spent · run-down
defenseless
Without means to resist
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- exposedOut in open
- helplessUnable to act independently
unshielded · undefended · unfortified · susceptible · at-risk · endangered · precarious · open · assailable · fragile
depoweredpowered
Supplied with energy
empowered · activated · energized · powered up · charged
depoweredsupercharged
Forcibly increased in power
superpowered · enhanced · boosted · amplified · augmented