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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2
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
Apple has a similar feature on the iPhone where pressing the side and volume buttons simultaneously disables Face ID.
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Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Five of eight inbound vessels were said to be dark, which is when a ship disables its Automatic Identification System, or AIS, transponder to hide its location, identity and destination.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
But the virus that causes Ebola somehow disables this response.
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Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Recently, researchers in Germany developed a chain-launching drone interceptor that disables UAVs by tangling their spinning rotors midair.
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Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Imagining an eternity of this, Creasy disables his car’s braking system and drives into a concrete pylon.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
The Settings tab also enables and disables auto-transparency, which adjusts the lenses based on how much light the glasses detect, and auto-shutdown, which fully turns off the glasses when they're plugged in but aren't receiving an active signal, to help save the connected device's battery life.
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Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Kids see a limited version of Roblox that removes riskier content and disables communication.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
The use of shock waves, or blast overpressure (BOP), kills or disables enemies with the force of the explosion, vaporizing the weapon’s plastic outer shell.
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Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2026
Five of eight inbound vessels were said to be dark, which is when a ship disables its Automatic Identification System, or AIS, transponder to hide its location, identity and destination.
—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
But the virus that causes Ebola somehow disables this response.
—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
2 June 2026
Recently, researchers in Germany developed a chain-launching drone interceptor that disables UAVs by tangling their spinning rotors midair.
—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
Imagining an eternity of this, Creasy disables his car’s braking system and drives into a concrete pylon.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2026
The Settings tab also enables and disables auto-transparency, which adjusts the lenses based on how much light the glasses detect, and auto-shutdown, which fully turns off the glasses when they're plugged in but aren't receiving an active signal, to help save the connected device's battery life.
—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
Kids see a limited version of Roblox that removes riskier content and disables communication.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
The use of shock waves, or blast overpressure (BOP), kills or disables enemies with the force of the explosion, vaporizing the weapon’s plastic outer shell.
—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disables
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The Martian tells the story of astronaut Mark Watney, who becomes stranded on Mars after a dust storm incapacitates him.
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Lorenzo confronts and incapacitates Pepe, Sonia’s main ally, before facing Sonia herself.
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Fear, like ignorance, shuts our eyes to and paralyzes our trust in God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and unfailing love for His children, whereas the understanding of God’s ever-present goodness removes the fear that generates suffering.
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These opportunists drown out the core mission, creating a cacophony of competing voices that confuses donors, crowd the inboxes of CEOs and members of Congress with colliding petitions, and paralyzes meaningful action by draining critical funding and attention away from the truly effective groups.
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Federal illegality further cripples operations with banking and tax burdens.
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In the final version of the film, Furiosa captures Dementus, cripples him, brings him back to the Citadel.
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Context that undermines sensational allegations is minimized.
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Despite that, the prequel undermines Elle’s Legally Blonde character arc and, ultimately, fails to break new ground.
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Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
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Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
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When the dollar weakens, commodity prices expressed in dollars tend to rise to maintain purchasing power parity for buyers operating in other currencies.
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But the corresponding upheaval is still catastrophic for any surrounding planets, which either get swallowed up by the expanding star, or drift into wider orbits as the star’s gravity weakens—some are flung out from the system entirely.
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