To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war
If something incapacitates you, it weakens you in some way, so that you cannot do certain things. A serious fall incapacitated the 68-year-old congressman. + incapacitated in·ca·paci·tat·ed He is incapacitated and can't work
make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"