incapacitates
Puts out of commission
Incapacitates means renders someone unable to function normally.
A blow to the head incapacitates by causing unconsciousness.
Disease incapacitates by weakening the body.
A legal ruling can incapacitate someone from holding office.
The injury incapacitates him for several weeks.
The word implies a temporary or imposed inability rather than a permanent condition.
Renders inoperable
- immobilizesPrevents any motion
- paralyzesCauses total inability to move
- cripplesSeverely impairs function
- debilitatesSeverely reduces capacity
injures · wounds · maims · hobbles · lames · sidelines · benches · floors
Renders inoperable
- sabotagesDeliberately undermines or destroys
- damagesCompensation for injury
- cripplesSeverely impairs function
- immobilizesPrevents any motion
jams · freezes · seizes · breaks down · malfunctions · shorts out · fries · kills
Drugs to calm
- anesthetizesCauses loss of sensation
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- stunsOverwhelms with shock
- dazesRenders temporarily senseless
numbs · drugs · medicates · overdoses · intoxicates · chloroforms · analgesia · stupefies
Renders ineligible to participate
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- prohibitsLegally bars action
- deprivesTakes something away
disables
Renders inoperable
- immobilizesPrevents any motion
- paralyzesCauses total inability to move
- cripplesSeverely impairs function
debilitates · injures · wounds · maims · hobbles · lames · sidelines · benches · floors · fells
disables
Renders inoperable
- sabotagesDeliberately undermines or destroys
- damagesCompensation for injury
- cripplesSeverely impairs function
immobilizes · jams · freezes · seizes · breaks down · malfunctions · shorts out · fries · kills · neutralizes
sedates
Drugs to calm
- anesthetizesCauses loss of sensation
- tranquilizesSubdues with calming drugs
- stunsOverwhelms with shock
dazes · numbs · drugs · medicates · overdoses · intoxicates · chloroforms · analgesia · stupefies · narcotizes
disqualifies
Renders ineligible to participate
- invalidatesMakes no longer binding
- barsRods, taverns, or measures
- prohibitsLegally bars action
- erodeserodes, corrodes, abrades, wears down, wears out
incapacitatesenables
Makes something possible
empowers · activates · mobilizes · equips · facilitates
incapacitatesstrengthens
Increases force or durability
fortifies · invigorates · energizes · bolsters · empowers