1
as in crippling
to cause severe or permanent injury to
a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
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as in paralyzing
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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Recent Examples of disabling
Oftentimes, disabling security protections is frowned upon.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Anthropic complied within hours, disabling the models for all customers globally, though other models remain active.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Blessing later ran into a wall, disabling the vehicle.
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Seamus Bozeman
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
According to police, Cope refused to stop and continued fleeing after troopers attempted a PIT maneuver, disabling one state police patrol vehicle.
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Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
More than half of people 75 and older are living with disabling hearing loss.
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Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
Only one goal, disabling Iran’s navy, has been achieved.
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The Week Us,
TheWeek,
11 May 2026
The plan also proposes universal coverage and would create a new benefit for older workers with disabling conditions.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
In addition to severe, disabling headache pain, a migraine can also trigger processes that affect the rest of your body and interfere with normal sensory function.
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Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2026
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 June 2026
Anthropic complied within hours, disabling the models for all customers globally, though other models remain active.
—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Blessing later ran into a wall, disabling the vehicle.
—
Seamus Bozeman
follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
According to police, Cope refused to stop and continued fleeing after troopers attempted a PIT maneuver, disabling one state police patrol vehicle.
—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
More than half of people 75 and older are living with disabling hearing loss.
—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
14 May 2026
Only one goal, disabling Iran’s navy, has been achieved.
—
The Week Us,
TheWeek,
11 May 2026
The plan also proposes universal coverage and would create a new benefit for older workers with disabling conditions.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
In addition to severe, disabling headache pain, a migraine can also trigger processes that affect the rest of your body and interfere with normal sensory function.
—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabling
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Crucially, the strike targeted a critical AVT-6 distillation unit, potentially crippling the refinery's entire 12 million tons/year capacity,.
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The fall broke both his legs, crippling him.
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His grief was crushing, paralyzing, calamitous.
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The tiniest decisions were paralyzing.
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Tabitha grabs one of the weird, spooky totem things and drives it through the chest of the scarecrow monster attacking Donna, killing it – or at least incapacitating it – and the scarecrows retreat.
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One of four passengers in Bain’s car, 22-year-old Destiny Betts, suffered incapacitating injuries and was transported to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial from the scene, according to the report.
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Facilitating investment in Ukraine’s natural resources sector would put more minerals and gas under US influence, and leverage them to achieve the broader foreign policy objective of undermining Russia.
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The real focus should be on utilities demonstrating how future T&D investments will efficiently deliver power, rather than undermining competition or seeking a return to less competitive systems.
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Another strike Saturday targeted a group of people in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi in southern Gaza, killing one and wounding eight others, according to Nasser Hospital, where the casualties were taken.
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Another strike on Saturday targeted a group of people in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi in southern Gaza, killing one and wounding eight others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken.
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The hurricane-weakening effects of El Niño may be positive for property and casualty insurers in the Northern Hemisphere.
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An unpopular war, a structurally sound economy, but maybe GDP weakening, unemployment strong, but consumer confidence weakening.
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Primary hazards include damaging wind gusts, locally heavy rainfall and frequent lightning strikes, with hail and a brief tornado or waterspout also possible.
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Nelson is doing fine now In 2000, Nelson was diagnosed with HIV and sarcoidosis, a condition that went into remission until a severe case of Legionnaires’ disease in 2021 reactivated it, damaging both his lungs and liver.
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“Disabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabling. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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