incapacitate (someone) for (a period of time)

incapacitate (someone) for (a period of time)

To cause someone to be physically unable to do something for a particular length of time. Oh man, that illness incapacitated me for weeks—I still get tired just walking up and down the steps.

See also: for, incapacitate, of, period

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