How to Pronounce "incapacitate"
word
in-kuh-PASS-i-tayt
in-kuh-PASS-i-tayt
Definition
To make someone or something unable to work, move, or do things normally; to take away the ability to function.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt
British English
ɪnkəpˈæsɪtˌeɪt
Simplified Pronunciation
US
in-kuh-PASS-i-tayt
UK
in-kuh-PASS-i-tayt
Listen in Context
The illness can incapacitate a person for weeks.
A broken leg will incapacitate you for a while.
The machine was incapacitated by the power outage.
He was completely incapacitated after the accident and couldn't walk.