VERB | change | incapacitate, disable, disenable | make unable to perform a certain action |
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body | incapacitate, disable, invalid, handicap | injure permanently |
Sounds | ihnkahpae'sihtey.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | make unable to perform a certain action. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | disable, disenable | |
Narrower | lay up | disable or confine, as with an illness |
nobble | disable by drugging | |
pinion | cut the wings off (of birds) | |
restrain, confine, hold, constrain | To close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement | |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | enable | Render capable or able for some task |
Spanish | imposibilitar, incapacitar | |
Catalan | incapacitar |
Meaning | injure permanently. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | disable, invalid, handicap | |
Narrower | hock | disable by cutting the hock |
Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
Spanish | discapacitar, incapacitar, invalidar | |
Catalan | incapacitar |
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