as in impaired
deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities
the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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Recent Examples of disabled
Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Screenshotting or screencapturing is also disabled, meaning users can't take pictures of a profile to share elsewhere (or at least not as easily).
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Jack Dunn, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Comments have been disabled on this story to avoid potential breaches of UK law.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
While the government doesn’t track encounters for disabled people specifically, a separate study found that 20% of autistic people ages 21 to 25 have been stopped, often after a report or officer observation of a person behaving unusually.
—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Screenshotting or screencapturing is also disabled, meaning users can't take pictures of a profile to share elsewhere (or at least not as easily).
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
The video appeared to be captured just before the camera was disabled.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Comments have been disabled on this story to avoid potential breaches of UK law.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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In one recent study published in Bone Research, researchers found that impaired lymphatic drainage is associated with inflammatory conditions like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.—
Avery Newmark,
AJC.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The health scare, which his wife attributed to years of alcohol abuse, left the comic with impaired memory function.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
20 Feb. 2026
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Supporters say the policy could help ease severe shortages that have crippled daily life on the island, while critics fear the Cuban government could still benefit indirectly.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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New York and other cities are being crippled by a historic storm that is dropping record amounts of snow on the region.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2026
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The death of a major cartel boss in Mexico has unleashed a violent backlash in which members of the criminal group have paralyzed some cities through blockades and attacks on property and security forces.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Thousands of air travelers scrambled to make alternate arrangements or simply hunkered down and waited at South Florida’s three international airports Monday as a blizzard that dropped up to 2 feet of snow all but paralyzed most of the Northeast.—
David Lyons,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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All-day dining at The Common Room blurs culinary boundaries to curate an exceptional selection of prime cuts, succulent seafood, and specialty dishes, each meticulously prepared and enhanced with local flair.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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It has been loved onto the screen by the ferocious talent of MK, the exceptional executives at HBO and the world-class production team in Wolf Studios Wales, where Bad Wolf has filmed every season.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2026
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Bhusri and Duffield’s agreement also means that if one of the cofounders is incapacitated or dies, the other gets control of both stakes.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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Seeing their tough-as-nails teammates incapacitated on the floor for such an extended period was jarring to the other Spurs.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Officer Brian Elliott was killed in the shooting, and his colleague was wounded in the leg.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
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Imelda is wounded not only by the philandering of Ferdinand (Chris Renfro) but by an even more painful injury inflicted by her first love, Ninoy Aquino (Joshua Dela Cruz), a politician determined to become the voice of his people.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Even Simon was injured with shrapnel damage and burns on his back and face.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2026
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Pakistan claimed on Friday afternoon that its military had killed 274 Afghan Taliban fighters and injured 400.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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