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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2
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
Given the biological similarities between humans and naked mole-rats, the scientists believe so, equipping us with the ability to protect our genome from damage, disabling our cGAS from inhibiting the repair process.
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New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Because fiber-optic drones are harder to produce, they are typically reserved for high-value strikes or for disabling jamming systems to clear the way for cheaper FPVs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The crew then fired three rounds into the starboard engine, disabling the boat about four miles southwest of Point Loma.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
On the real hardware, this snippet ended up disabling half the cartridge’s memory.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2025
Since alopecia is a socially disabling condition, being naturally bald in public can feel like a radical statement.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The university also asks the court to order online marketplaces, payment processors and other companies that do business with the defendants from disabling and ceasing to provide services.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Start with more manageable aspects of online safety when kids are younger, like disabling direct messages and limits on screen time, and build your way towards topics that will require a nuanced understanding of social dynamics online.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
If using a smartphone, NOAA recommends enabling night mode, disabling flash and relying on a tripod to stabilize the image.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2025
Because fiber-optic drones are harder to produce, they are typically reserved for high-value strikes or for disabling jamming systems to clear the way for cheaper FPVs.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The crew then fired three rounds into the starboard engine, disabling the boat about four miles southwest of Point Loma.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
On the real hardware, this snippet ended up disabling half the cartridge’s memory.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2025
Since alopecia is a socially disabling condition, being naturally bald in public can feel like a radical statement.
—Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
The university also asks the court to order online marketplaces, payment processors and other companies that do business with the defendants from disabling and ceasing to provide services.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Start with more manageable aspects of online safety when kids are younger, like disabling direct messages and limits on screen time, and build your way towards topics that will require a nuanced understanding of social dynamics online.
—Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
If using a smartphone, NOAA recommends enabling night mode, disabling flash and relying on a tripod to stabilize the image.
—Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disabling
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Perreira agrees that the financial imbalance in the game is crippling West Indies.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Related Stories Pogachefsky is now suing 42West and his former employees, accusing them of crippling his company and scuttling his talks to sell the firm.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 Sep. 2025
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Discipline without optimism is paralyzing.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after Henry’s death, Augusta suffered two paralyzing strokes, intensifying her and Ed’s isolated, co-dependent relationship before her death in 1945.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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While the name suggests something far more trivial, significant damage to the ligaments of the metatarsophalangeal joint can be incapacitating.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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To write one’s way out of the incapacitating dependence of daughterhood into autonomy means shedding the unquestioning fidelity of a child.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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And this misapplication, whether through inappropriate comparisons and limited context, or a disregard for methodological boundaries, risks undermining both consumer and stakeholder trust in sustainability claims and data integrity—and misleading investments and interventions.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Oct. 2025
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Examples of creative destruction include e-commerce disrupting retail, streaming services replacing videocassette and DVD rentals and internet advertising undermining newspaper advertising.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.—
Miranda Dunlap,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Days after a gunman drove a truck into a Grand Blanc Township church and opened fire on worshippers, killing four people and wounding eight, hundreds gathered in Flint for a community safety briefing focused on crisis response and prevention in houses of worship.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Previously the billionaire banker has warned the American economy is weakening, saying in September following a measly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that whether that weakness spills into economic contraction remains to be seen.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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The tariffs inadvertently advantage Asia and other offshore producers by weakening textile and apparel supply chains in the Western Hemisphere.—
Kimberly Glas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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That damaging psychic weight of insecurity and self-blame seeps into our society and politics, where polls show a stubborn and longtime trend of declining faith in a better future.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Several police officers reported that rioters were forcibly removing and damaging their equipment.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Disabling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabling. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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