Incapacitated
Incapacitated adjective - Deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities.
Usage example: was temporarily incapacitated by the car accident
Sick and incapacitated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sick" instead an adjective "Incapacitated".
Nearby Word: incapacitating
Sick
Sick adjective - Temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body.
Usage example: those coworkers who always seem to get sick immediately before or after long holiday weekends
Incapacitated and sick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incapacitated" instead an adjective "Sick".
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Both words in one sentence
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This is a camera trick used to indicate that the character whose POV we are seeing is drugged, poisoned, sick, injured, or otherwise incapacitated and is about to faint... or die.
Source: Impairment Shot - On the other hand, they may just be incapacitated and treated in the sick bay since your fleet recovers crew as it flies.
Source: In-Vehicle Invulnerability -
The whole thing is so sick that when the protagonist find a disc made by the killer and watch it he gets terrifically shocked and he's incapacitated for a while.
Source: Nightmare Fuel / Film
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