Synonyms of disabling

disabling

verb

present participle of disable

1

as in crippling

to cause severe or permanent injury to

a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crippling
• incapacitating
• wounding
• damaging
• injuring
• mutilating
• maiming
• killing
• scarring
• bruising
• hurting
• paralyzing
• laming
• hitting
• impairing
• disfiguring
• hobbling
• beating
• mangling
• dismembering
• battering
• hamstringing
• harming
• lacerating
• licking
• murdering
• mauling
• torturing
• punching
• smashing
• winging
• slapping
• hammering
• smacking
• pasting
• goring
• whacking
• whipping
• pummeling
• pounding
• tormenting
• roughing (up)
• swiping
• banging
• bludgeoning
• thumping
• boxing
• buffeting
• bashing
• lashing
• lambasting
• breaking
• kneecapping
• pelting
• socking
• thrashing
• spanking
• swatting
• belting
• flogging
• bunging up
• lacing
• drubbing
• walloping
• pommeling
• thwacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• curing
• healing
• remedying
• rehabilitating
• fixing
• patching
• repairing
• restoring
• mending
• renewing
• doctoring
• rejuvenating

2

as in paralyzing

to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move

disabled the controls for unauthorized users

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paralyzing
• crippling
• incapacitating
• undermining
• weakening
• immobilizing
• debilitating
• hamstringing
• attenuating
• undercutting
• sapping
• mutilating
• enervating
• prostrating
• maiming
• enfeebling
• hobbling
• tiring
• laming
• knocking out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• energizing
• galvanizing
• strengthening
• invigorating
• vitalizing
• empowering
• fortifying
• restoring
• regenerating
• reviving
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• refreshing
• freshening
• refreshening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disabling

Its 2026 defense drills include disabling the internet to test civil resilience and practicing drone warfare strategies inspired by Ukraine. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

This is a mass disabling event, concentrated in working-age people and skewed female, behaving exactly as post-viral illness always has. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Iran is the prime suspect in the cyberattacks, which can blind utility operators by changing passwords or disabling alarms, according to the sources, though its involvement has not been officially confirmed. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Powerful solar storms, like the one that hit Earth in January, are capable of disrupting or disabling satellites by interfering with onboard electronics, sensitive instruments and communications systems. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026

Fowler’s medical chart detailed what could have caused her disabling problems. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026

Every improvement in surveillance capability encourages new methods of avoidance, whether through disabling tracking devices, manipulating vessel identities, or exploiting gaps between different monitoring systems. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026

Not content to wait for local officials to strike down ALPR contracts, concerned citizens are taking matters into their own hands by disabling or cutting down Flock camera towers wherever they’re found. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 16 July 2026

In another case, a California prison guard with spinal problems also claimed other ailments, including toenail fungus and eczema, as work-disabling conditions. — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 July 2026