Question

select the text from the paragraph that best helps you understand that incapacitate means disable. there may be more than one correct choice. one newly discovered species, a reddish - black wasp native to thailand, is notable for the way it hunts cockroaches. first, it injects venom into a cockroach to incapacitate it. then the wasp drags the paralyzed cockroach back to its nest and lays eggs in its body. with time, larvae hatch from the eggs and consume the cockroachs body. this disturbing practice inspired the name ampulex dementor, reflecting the wasps similarity to the soul - sucking dementors in the harry potter book series.

Explanation:

The word "paralyzed" in the text "Then the wasp drags the paralyzed cockroach back to its nest" is a synonym for "disable", which helps to understand the meaning of "incapacitate".

Answer:

paralyzed