decapacitate
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Etymology edit
de- + capacitate
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decapacitate (third-person singular simple present decapacitates, present participle decapacitating, simple past and past participle decapacitated)
- To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.
- Calcium bursts would increase spermatozoa motility, where cholesterol would decapacitate spermatozoa, so preventing untimely activation.