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Meaning of Incapacitation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
ˌɪn.kəˌpæs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification.
  2. The imprisonment of a would-be offender, which prevents them from offending.

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Examples

“I dare not whisper to myself a pension on this side of absolute incapacitation and infirmity, till years have sucked me dry.”
“The incapacitation of South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson has put all eyes in Washington on what is normally a little-noticed Senate vote now scheduled for Jan. 4.”
“Order-maintenance proponents affirmatively promote youth curfews, anti-gang loitering ordinances, and order-maintenance crackdowns as milder alternatives to the theory of incapacitation and increased incarceration.”

CEFR level

C2
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