Capacitating means to enable, empower, and strengthen someone to perform a certain task or job efficiently. Some of the antonyms for capacitating are disabling, debilitating, weakening, impairing, incapacitating, disempowering, and hindering. To disable means to make someone or something ineffective or inoperable. Debilitating means to weaken or sap someone's strength or energy. Weakening means to make something or someone weaker physically or mentally. Impairing means to damage or weaken someone's abilities, performance or quality. Disempowering means to take away someone's power or authority. Hindering means to obstruct or create an obstacle that makes it difficult for someone or something to function effectively.