incapacitating

Definitions

Depriving someone of the strength or ability to function normally.

Making someone unable to act or respond in a specific way.

Examples

The athlete suffered an incapacitating injury that forced him to retire from the sport.

The venom of the spider has an incapacitating effect on its prey.

A sudden, incapacitating migraine prevented her from attending the important board meeting.

Synonyms

debilitating crippling paralyzing disabling enervating prostrating hampering

Antonyms

enabling strengthening invigorating empowering energizing restorative fortifying