<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object)<ul><li>To deprive of ability, qualification, or strength; make incapable or unfit; disable.</li><li><strong>Synonyms:</strong> weaken, impair, sideline, handicap.</li><li><strong>Law:</strong> To deprive of the legal power to act in a specified way or ways.</li></ul></li></ul>