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Stultify (Verb)

Cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The politician stultified himself by contradicting his previous statement during the live debate.
Her lack of knowledge on a subject she was supposed to be an expert in stultified her in front of her peers.
The comedian's jokes fell flat, stultifying him and making the audience uncomfortable.
The professor's outdated ideas stultified him in the eyes of his modern-thinking students.
The athlete's poor performance stultified him, as he had boasted about being the best in the league just days before.

Prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself".

Verbs of feeling.

The psychiatric testimony at the trial was deemed to stultify the defendant's claim of being mentally fit to stand trial.
By failing to follow basic procedures, the investigator inadvertently allowed the defense to stultify her arguments.
The questionable actions of the business owner would stultify his attempts to refute the allegations of misconduct.
Their inability to produce any concrete evidence seemed to stultify their theory entirely.
His numerous inconsistent statements have all but served to stultify his already shaky alibi.

Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The new policy stultified the team's morale and reduced their productivity significantly.
The lack of funds stultified the research project, forcing the team to downsize.
His constant criticism stultified her confidence, making it difficult for her to express her ideas.
The change in management stultified the company's growth by introducing outdated methods.
Overregulation stultified innovation in the industry, stifling competition and progress.