INCAPACITATION Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

incapacitation

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Definition of incapacitation

as in incapacity

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Recent Examples of incapacitation The cold water temperatures can quickly cause hypothermia and physical incapacitation to anyone suddenly immersed in the water. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 May 2026 The Twenty-Fifth Amendment, ratified in 1967, filled another gap, creating a formal process for presidential incapacitation and vice-presidential replacement. — Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 The moment devolved into a shouting match about the 25th Amendment, which establishes procedures for replacing the president in the event of removal, resignation or incapacitation. — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026 Bain was cited in March 2024 for careless driving after causing a crash that led to the incapacitation of a 22-year-old woman, who later died after spending three months in a coma. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026 Cases of pilot incapacitation are rare, but nearly always fatal. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025 Under Kentucky law, proof of mental incapacitation or extreme emotional distress could take the death penalty off the table in Stines’ case, the Herald-Leader reported. — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 11 Dec. 2025 Many things change, but incapacitation in the face of love appears to be eternal. — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Too often government relies on a rigid process of retribution and deterrence by incapacitation. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2025

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Noun

This definition also includes instance in which the victim is incapable of giving consent because of temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity (include due to the influence of drugs or alcohol) or because of age.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2026
Immortality would also be lost on Stoyte, who rivals the carp in his mindless incapacity to notice anything interesting.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026

Definition of incapacity

Noun

The cases were said to be in people with significant underlying health conditions, including organ and immune system dysfunction, as well as debilitation.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 9 June 2026
Nobody wants to watch a loved one endure the pain, debilitation, and loss of independence that can follow a serious fall.

— Brian Frost, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of debilitation

Noun

Seigler remained down for several minutes, bleeding from one arm and grimacing in pain as interim manager Chad Tracy and trainers rushed out to check him for a head injury.

— Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026
Not bad considering his fight to find feel after missing most of last year with injuries and enduring a five-start slump from the end of May through the middle of June.

— Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026

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