incapacitate

  • 121Disqualified — disqualify dis*qual i*fy (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified} (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Disqualifying}.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit;… …

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  • 122disqualify — dis*qual i*fy (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified} (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Disqualifying}.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to… …

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  • 123Disqualifying — disqualify dis*qual i*fy (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disqualified} (d[i^]s*kw[o^]l [i^]*f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Disqualifying}.] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit;… …

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  • 124Hamstring — Ham string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster] So have they… …

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  • 125Hamstringing — Hamstring Ham string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster] So have… …

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  • 126Hamstrung — Hamstring Ham string , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [1913 Webster] So have… …

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  • 127Mace — Mace, prop. n. [Trademark.] A chemical preparation containing tear gas in a solvent, packaged in the form of a spray, and used to temporarily incapacitate people, such as rioters or criminals, by causing intense eye and skin irritation; also… …

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  • 128To bung up — Bung Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bunged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bunging}.] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; with up. [1913 Webster] {To bung up}, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or… …

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