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Recent Examples of disablement
These can cause severe scarring or disablement and may lead to amputations.
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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
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
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There’s a step-free entrance, accessible rooms for guests with disabilities, and step-free access to public areas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Mar. 2026
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides free in-person tax preparation to individuals with an income of $67,000 or less, who have disabilities or with limited English skills.—
Brian Sloan,Dan Avery,
CNBC,
24 Mar. 2026
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But these songs are also honest, sometimes despite themselves, about the feelings of impotence associated with watching history play out on a screen.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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Those include epidural steroid injections for pain management, cervical fusion, diagnosis and treatment of impotence, and skin and tissue substitutes.—
Jillian Taylor,
StateImpact,
16 Jan. 2026
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Neither speed nor impairment appeared to contribute to the crash, Becchina said.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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Insects guide robot design Results showed that the robot maintained efficient search performance and a high success rate even under sensor impairment.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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His trajectory is one of softening, from the swaggering knight of the opening to the irrepressible lover of the second act to his final physical debility.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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In Will There Ever Be Another You, the main character struggles with an illness similar to long COVID, descending into a state of debility and psychosis as readers experience the chaos of her unraveling life.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to the Food and Drug Administration, injectable silicon injections for body contouring have not been approved and can cause serious injuries, disfigurement and even death.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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And as a result of the disfigurement of the Republican Party, conservatism is politically homeless.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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To avoid exhaustion or resentment, protect that space to recharge.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Heat leads to dehydration, exhaustion and overall inhospitable conditions.—
Devika Rao,
TheWeek,
23 Mar. 2026
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Authorities are working to identify the owner of a dog that entered a Midlothian home and attacked a 1‑year‑old child and an adult, leaving them bloodied and the child hospitalized with severe injuries.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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But the real loss is the latest injury.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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Because of his infirmities, he is housed in a medical unit of the jail, away from the general population.—
Maer Roshan,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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Those are the words Dr. James Parkinson used in an essay more than 200 years ago to group together symptoms and describe a mysterious infirmity afflicting six individuals in London.—
Andrea Kane,
CNN Money,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Disablement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disablement. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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