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
Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Several new walkways are proposed throughout the park, including a new 9-foot-wide disabled-accessible path.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
According to the lawsuit, Meta has disabled Zuckerberg’s pages a total of nine times in the last eight years, including five times for his commercial account and four times for his personal page.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
For millions of elderly or disabled people, these were daunting or impossible options.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Several new walkways are proposed throughout the park, including a new 9-foot-wide disabled-accessible path.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
According to his lawsuit, Zuckerberg’s business account has been disabled five times, while his personal profile was suspended four times.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
According to the lawsuit, Meta has disabled Zuckerberg’s pages a total of nine times in the last eight years, including five times for his commercial account and four times for his personal page.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabled
Adjective
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Experts in psychiatry and workplace wellness previously told Newsweek that long hours are linked to sleep disruption, impaired executive function and even structural changes in the brain.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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What is considered impaired driving in California?—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The crisis has taken a toll on the Cuban population and sparked protests, crippled the economy and affected tourism.—
Nora Gamez Torres,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Tony and Ziva race to the scene, finding the place crippled by a power outage followed by a ransom request for 115 million Euros.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Quantity beats quality when you're paralyzed by perfection.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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And during trial, I was also threatened to be paralyzed by Elijah.—
Miguel Torres,
AZCentral.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The plane, equipped with state-of-the-art technologies, offers exceptional performance and durability.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Understanding the mechanics behind these exceptional arms can also be applied to neuroscience and could lead to more robots inspired by these adaptable creatures.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
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By setting up permissions in advance, the agent (individual with the power to act on behalf of someone else) can step in immediately if the account owner is incapacitated.—
Kristin McKenna,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Justice Department in its June 2024 report on problems with policing in Phoenix found that police delayed medical assistance to people who appeared to be incapacitated as a result of the use of force by officers and used unreasonable force on people who had already been wounded by officers.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What To Know Harry spoke out during an interview with The Guardian that was predominantly about his visit to Kyiv to promote the work his Invictus Games Foundation is doing to help soldiers wounded in the war.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Six people were killed in the attack and 13 wounded.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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The police said 26 officers were injured, including four seriously.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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