incapacitate

“Viruses that are extremely lethal often tend to self-contain because they quickly kill or incapacitate their hosts,” said James, who now works with Australia’s Southern Cross University.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Officer 4 said doing so would have been difficult and more likely to put himself and his colleague at risk by failing to incapacitate Bosh.

From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026

Electroshock weapons are designed to temporarily incapacitate suspects with a shock before police detain them.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

Department officials have said repeatedly that, despite increased crisis intervention training and new less-lethal weapons designed to incapacitate rather than kill, officers are not always equipped to handle most mental health calls.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

Five miles of treacherous roots and loose stones, trying to twist my ankles or otherwise incapacitate me.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

You know, that thing that occasionally incapacitates him with guilt.

From Salon ● May 15, 2023

“I said to Ginzburg, ‘Why don’t we ask a few psychiatrists whether a nervous breakdown incapacitates someone for public office?’”

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

The designated survivor is the member of the Cabinet who remains outside the Capitol during the State of the Union in case a disaster incapacitates those in line for the presidency.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

Unless boxers are allowed to fight until one physically incapacitates the other — which is the way they actually competed at the ancient Olympic Games in 688 B.C. — decisions are an unfortunate necessity.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

This horrible fate, I learnt, often befalls poor and solitary pilgrims whom illness or accident incapacitates from proceeding.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton

Ford’s side denied he was incapacitated and refused a cognitive test, the court documents say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

They must have hoped the photos would dispel conspiracy theories that he’s dead, or at least incapacitated.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

When and how should we discuss our finances, final wishes and preferences in case we become mentally incapacitated?

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a major stroke that left him mostly incapacitated for the final stretch of his presidency, effectively leaving his wife to make decisions for over a year.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Even if they managed to escape, how could they defeat the giants if the gods were all incapacitated?

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The Timms report finds that there’s been a surge in Brits under age 40 collecting benefits for incapacitating ADHD, autism, anxiety or depression.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

CS spray is a man-made incapacitating gas - exposure to it causes a burning sensation in the eyes and watering.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026

The findings show the spike design to be extremely effective at damaging the virus' external structure and piercing its membranes, incapacitating 96% of viruses that came into contact with the surface within six hours.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024

"It looks like a focal neurologic event. That doesn't mean it's incapacitating, it doesn't mean he can't serve, but it means that somebody ought to wake up and say, 'Wow! This looks like a seizure.'"

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

This represents the kinds of things that must be done after the fact, in efforts to compensate for the incapacitating effects of certain diseases whose course one is unable to do very much about.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas