incapacitate

Object

• adult: Changing the law on decision making for mentally incapacitated adults.
• husband: A tax allowance announced in the 1998 budget extended this to mothers with dependent children and incapacitated husbands, backdated to April 1997.
• person: A person incapacitated by a stroke, or in a coma, might not be cared for long enough to see whether he recovers.
• patient: Second, they must act in the best interests of the incapacitated patient.
• illness: An incapacitating illness or accident could hit any of us at any time.
• symptom: When Robins switches the current on his incapacitating symptoms - waving right hand and shaking right leg - disappear instantly.

Subject

• illness: The Numerical Rating Scale is more easily used by people who are incapacitated by illness or who have lower levels of education.
• stroke: A person incapacitated by a stroke, or in a coma, might not be cared for long enough to see whether he recovers.
• age: Every year some would die and others become incapacitated by age and infirmity; there would be no new ones to take their places.

Modifying Another Word

• mentally: Changing the law on decision making for mentally incapacitated adults.
• permanently: In special circumstances, such as sickness or disability, a pension may be paid early if the employe is permanently incapacitated.
• temporarily: We can be temporarily incapacitated by drug overdose, mental illness, an alcoholic binge, treatable physical illness or injury.
• physically: People need to give a specific reason to qualify for a proxy vote, such as being out of London or being physically incapacitated.
• severely: Even the survivors would be severely incapacitated, many for a long time, some permanently.
• totally: To claim for this benefit you must be totally incapacitated.

Preposition: in

• way: Please note however, that these pet birds are frequently either very old, or incapacitated in some way.

Preposition: for

• work: If an employe is incapacitated for work for more than three consecutive days as a result from an accident at work.

Preposition: by

• illness: The Numerical Rating Scale is more easily used by people who are incapacitated by illness or who have lower levels of education.
• age: Every year some would die and others become incapacitated by age and infirmity; there would be no new ones to take their places.
• stroke: A person incapacitated by a stroke, or in a coma, might not be cared for long enough to see whether he recovers.