Synonyms of disabling

disabling

verb

present participle of disable

1

as in crippling

to cause severe or permanent injury to

a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crippling
• incapacitating
• wounding
• damaging
• injuring
• mutilating
• maiming
• killing
• scarring
• bruising
• hurting
• paralyzing
• laming
• hitting
• impairing
• disfiguring
• hobbling
• beating
• mangling
• dismembering
• battering
• hamstringing
• harming
• lacerating
• licking
• murdering
• mauling
• torturing
• punching
• smashing
• winging
• slapping
• hammering
• smacking
• pasting
• goring
• whacking
• whipping
• pummeling
• pounding
• tormenting
• roughing (up)
• swiping
• banging
• bludgeoning
• thumping
• boxing
• buffeting
• bashing
• lashing
• lambasting
• breaking
• kneecapping
• pelting
• socking
• thrashing
• spanking
• swatting
• belting
• flogging
• bunging up
• lacing
• drubbing
• walloping
• pommeling
• thwacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• curing
• healing
• remedying
• rehabilitating
• fixing
• patching
• repairing
• restoring
• mending
• renewing
• doctoring
• rejuvenating

2

as in paralyzing

to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move

disabled the controls for unauthorized users

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paralyzing
• crippling
• incapacitating
• undermining
• weakening
• immobilizing
• debilitating
• hamstringing
• attenuating
• undercutting
• sapping
• mutilating
• enervating
• prostrating
• maiming
• enfeebling
• hobbling
• tiring
• laming
• knocking out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• energizing
• galvanizing
• strengthening
• invigorating
• vitalizing
• empowering
• fortifying
• restoring
• regenerating
• reviving
• revitalizing
• rejuvenating
• refreshing
• freshening
• refreshening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disabling

For the majority of people with schizophrenia, however, the condition is persistent, disabling and isolating. — Matthew Kurtz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Iran targeted that base with a missile attack, partly disabling it. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

An officer found the vehicle and suspects in a parking lot on Mission Street south of Bay Street and tried to stop them when the driver collided with the officer's patrol vehicle, injuring the officer and disabling the patrol vehicle, police said. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Its 2026 defense drills include disabling the internet to test civil resilience and practicing drone warfare strategies inspired by Ukraine. — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026

This is a mass disabling event, concentrated in working-age people and skewed female, behaving exactly as post-viral illness always has. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Iran is the prime suspect in the cyberattacks, which can blind utility operators by changing passwords or disabling alarms, according to the sources, though its involvement has not been officially confirmed. — Luke Barr, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Powerful solar storms, like the one that hit Earth in January, are capable of disrupting or disabling satellites by interfering with onboard electronics, sensitive instruments and communications systems. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026

Fowler’s medical chart detailed what could have caused her disabling problems. — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026