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`disable
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`verb
`dis· able | \ dis-ˈā-bəl
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` , diz-ˈā-\
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`disabled; disabling\ - b(ə- )liŋ
`Definition of disable
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`transitive verb
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`1a : to make ineffective or inoperative disable a bomb For victims of smartphone theft, the ultimate justice is
`hitting a button that disables the device, turning it into a worthless rectangular paperweight.— Heather Kelley …
`gene editing makes it possible to change or disable a single gene without changing the "meaning" of the rest of the
`genome.— Kat McGowan
`b : to impair physically or mentally : to cause disability in Automobile accidents kill nearly 50,000 people each
`year. … Accidents maim or disable another 80,000.— Matt Clark and Mary Hager Diet-related Type 2 diabetes
`and cardiovascular disease disable and kill people …— Mark Bittman
`2 : to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity … the injured party was released from the bonds of
`marriage; but the offender, during life, or a term of years, was disabled from the repetition of nuptials.— Edward
`Gibbon
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` \ noun
`disablement \ - bəl- mənt
`physical disablement Nor does it tackle the disablement of any North Korean program to enrich uranium. —
`Thomas Omestad
`disabling adjective
`Bipolar disorder is one of the world's 10 most disabling conditions, taking away years of healthy functioning from
`individuals who have the illness. — David J. Kupfer This is a rare, disabling pain disorder in which ordinary
`sensation such as touch, warmth and coolness are perceived as painful and minor knocks are agonizing. — Maia
`Szalavitz
`Synonyms for disable
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`cripple, incapacitate, lame, maim, mutilate
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`weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, cripple, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor.
`weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective
`power. a disease that weakens the body's defenses enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and
`helplessness. enfeebled by starvation debilitate suggests a less marked or more temporary impairment of strength
`or vitality. the debilitating effects of surgery undermine and sap suggest a weakening by something working
`surreptitiously and insidiously. a poor diet undermines your health drugs had sapped his ability to think cripple
`implies causing a serious loss of functioning power through damaging or removing an essential part or element.
`crippled by arthritis disable suggests bringing about impairment or limitation in a physical or mental ability.
`disabled by an injury sustained at work
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`a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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`Google will allow the option to disable it, or only keep it on when connected to Wi-Fi, but the company appears
`convinced that Autoplay on Home is a better way to experience and browse YouTube on the move. — Casey
`Newton, The Verge, "Google’s appearance before Congress will mark a turning point for its CEO," 5 Dec. 2018
`But that approach doesn't work with the new 737 MAX system—the pilots have to disable the stabilizer. — Sean
`Gallagher, Ars Technica, "Black box data shows pilots fought control system in Indonesia crash," 28 Nov. 2018
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`15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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`dis· able | \ dis-ˈā-bəl
`disabled; disabling
`Kids Definition of disable
`: to make unable or incapable He disabled the computer system.
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`disable
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`transitive verb
`dis· able | \ dis-ˈā-bəl, diz-
`disabled; disabling\ - b(ə- )liŋ
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`Medical Definition of disable
`: to deprive of a mental or physical capacity
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`disable
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`transitive verb
`dis· able
`disabled; disabling
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`Legal Definition of disable
`1 : to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity
`2 : to make incapable or ineffective specifically : to cause to have a disability
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`disablement noun
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