1
as in incapacitates
to cause severe or permanent injury to
a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
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as in paralyzes
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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Recent Examples of disables
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James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office is set to begin training deputies on the Grappler system, a pursuit intervention device that disables a suspect's vehicle by entangling its tires rather than forcing a crash.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
One of the biggest barriers to drones is electronic warfare, which disables drones by severing their connection with the user.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Two buttons control volume, and a third above them disables the microphone and camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The agent logs only essential identifiers, avoids storing raw sensor data, caps how much and how often information is recorded, and disables third-party analytics by default.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office is set to begin training deputies on the Grappler system, a pursuit intervention device that disables a suspect's vehicle by entangling its tires rather than forcing a crash.
—Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
One of the biggest barriers to drones is electronic warfare, which disables drones by severing their connection with the user.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Two buttons control volume, and a third above them disables the microphone and camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
The agent logs only essential identifiers, avoids storing raw sensor data, caps how much and how often information is recorded, and disables third-party analytics by default.
—Keivan Navaie, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disables
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Lorenzo confronts and incapacitates Pepe, Sonia’s main ally, before facing Sonia herself.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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For example, the curare plant poisons used by South and Central American hunters paralyzes the respiratory system.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 Jan. 2026
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Turning his challenge into a mission and helping others overcome what paralyzes them.—
Isabella Kunde,
CBS News,
2 Dec. 2025
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These pressures could produce a tsunami that fractures the state’s fiscal foundation, self-inflicts a crisis ultimately demanding drastic cuts, and cripples its competitiveness.—
Andrew Rein,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Scarface and friends attack the lab, and break out the kryptonite that cripples El and Kali.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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The report also undermines Orbán’s claims that Hungary has no option but to purchase Russian oil.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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This constitutes a blatant violation of international law and international humanitarian law, undermines the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and obstructs the establishment of their independent sovereign state .—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Jan. 2026
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California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Privacy advocates argue that any ambiguity around storage or deletion timelines weakens public confidence.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Sending young people far from home weakens support systems and makes outcomes worse.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Feb. 2026
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