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

When the user reached out to Meta, a support staff member reportedly recommended disabling several settings, including mic and camera permissions. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026

The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company's major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facility, Yandex said. — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026

The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company’s major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facilty, Yandex said. — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

The next day, Ukrainian drones hit the company’s major data center in the Kaluga region, southwest of Moscow, disabling part of the facility, Yandex said. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

That’s the position that is somewhat disabling us and disarming us. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Sullivan described another high school student who came from a wealthier background but became vulnerable after her mother suffered a disabling medical crisis and her father was absent. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

There used to be a single Settings toggle for disabling Apple Intelligence, but that was removed in macOS 27. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026

That makes the technology particularly interesting for counter-drone missions, where disabling an aircraft’s sensors or critical components may be sufficient to bring it down. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026