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
Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.
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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
After Wednesday disables the machine with an axe, Isaac’s ability no longer works, and Thing attacks him.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
To be specific, this mode disables custom actions, changes backlighting to a single color, and prevents profile switching.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
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
After Wednesday disables the machine with an axe, Isaac’s ability no longer works, and Thing attacks him.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
To be specific, this mode disables custom actions, changes backlighting to a single color, and prevents profile switching.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 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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Majumdar’s inconsistent world building ultimately undermines the reader’s ability to invest in the story.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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Polymer chains tend to slip during loading, which undermines the effective utilization of their high intrinsic mechanical properties, thereby limiting the strength and toughness of polymer fibers.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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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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In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Nov. 2025
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An overreliance on tools weakens our civilization (and saps the film’s dramatic thrills).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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Ignoring this reality weakens any serious climate plan.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Disables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disables. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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