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disablement

noun

1
as in disability

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as in impotence

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Recent Examples of disablement These can cause severe scarring or disablement and may lead to amputations. — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 Playing Arnie, the younger brother to Gilbert (Johnny Depp), DiCaprio doesn’t permit his character to be a simple, adorable variation on disablement. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disablement
  1. disability
  2. impotence
  3. impairment
  4. debility
  5. disfigurement
  6. exhaustion
  7. injury
  8. infirmity
Noun
  • Soto, who has an associate degree in business and works with families who have loved ones with disabilities.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • And families of children with disabilities — of which there are a growing number nationwide — often struggle to find childcare providers that can offer the specialized care necessary.
    — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of disability
Noun
  • According to reports, Brinkley would inject slivers of Billy goat gonads into human scrotums as a cure for impotence.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Once again, Gulf leaders were shocked not just by American disregard for their preferences but also by the revelation of American impotence.
    — MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of impotence
Noun
  • At its worst, cognitive impairment can be a horrible, life-altering disease for patient and loved ones.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • What deputies say happened The arresting deputy reported several signs of possible impairment, including bloodshot and watery eyes, slurred speech and difficulty maintaining his balance.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of impairment
Noun
  • In recent years, white supremacists have embraced the concept of lactose intolerance as a distinguishing debility of nonwhite people.
    — Hilary Smith, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026
  • And, when pets suffered from cancer or heart failure or debility, conversations about what to do next were emotional but often straightforward.
    — Sunita Puri, New Yorker, 6 June 2026
Definition of debility
Noun
  • After the shooting, the internet lit up with macabre stories of death, disfigurement, and disability wrought by claim denials—DJs in clubs even spun dance music with Luigi’s face flashing behind them.
    — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vanity Fair, 9 Sep. 2026
  • To my eye, Rouy’s strategy of disfigurement also owes a debt to Francis Bacon, except a portrait by that artist offers up a person as a specimen to the viewer, like a dead butterfly pinned to a collector board.
    — David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of disfigurement
Noun
  • Pay attention to where resentment, tension, or exhaustion keeps showing up.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • But Vrabel is looking to limit the injuries that come from wear and tear and exhaustion on the field.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhaustion
Noun
  • But it’s all revealed to be a classic emotional bait-and-switch when Gemma suffers a potentially career-ending injury.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The Panthers could use the linebacker depth after reserve LB Claudin Cherelus also suffered an injury against the Falcons and left Sunday’s contest early.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of injury
Noun
  • And by that, researchers mean methods to drastically reduce the amount of illness and infirmity that currently afflict people in old age.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of infirmity

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“Disablement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disablement. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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