make+incapable
21disable — transitive verb (disabled; disabling) Date: 15th century 1. to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity 2. to make incapable or ineffective; especially to deprive of physical, moral, or intellectual strength …
22decerebrate — I. adjective Date: 1897 1. characteristic of decerebration < decerebrate rigidity > 2. having the cerebrum removed or made inactive II. transitive verb Date: circa 1900 to remove the cerebrum from; also to make incapable of cerebral activity •… …
23asexualize — asexualization, n. /ay sek shooh euh luyz /, v.t., asexualized, asexualizing. to make incapable of reproduction, as by castrating. Also, esp. Brit., asexualise. [ASEXUAL + IZE] * * * …
24incapacitate — incapacitation, n. /in keuh pas i tayt /, v.t., incapacitated, incapacitating. 1. to deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable. 2. Law. to deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways. [1650… …
25insolubilize — insolubilization, n. /in sol yeuh beuh luyz /, v.t., insolubilized, insolubilizing. to make incapable of dissolving: a resin insolubilized by heat. [1895 1900; < L insolubil(is) INSOLUBLE + IZE] * * * …
26incapacitate — verb to make incapable (of doing something) The police officer was incapacitated by a blow to the head …
27institutionalize — in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize or chiefly Brit in·sti·tu·tion·al·ise .in(t) stə t(y)ü shnəl .īz, shən əl vt, ized or chiefly Brit ised; iz·ing or chiefly Brit is·ing 1) to place in or commit to an institution (as a nursing home or hospital) offering… …
28disable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incapacitate, cripple, damage, unfit, maim. See impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cripple, incapacitate, impair, put out of action; see damage 1 , maim . See Synonym Study at maim . III (Roget s 3 …
29disqualify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disable, unfit, incapacitate, disfranchise. See impotence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To disable] Syn. incapacitate, invalidate, disenable, rule out; see weaken 2 . 2. [To debar] Syn. preclude,… …
30maim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cripple, disfigure, mutilate, lame, impair. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mutilate, mangle, cripple, incapacitate, disable, disfigure, injure, hack, truncate, impair, disqualify,… …
