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
One of the biggest barriers to drones is electronic warfare, which disables drones by severing their connection with the user.
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Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Two buttons control volume, and a third above them disables the microphone and camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.
—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
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
Two buttons control volume, and a third above them disables the microphone and camera.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Activating sport mode disables one-pedal driving.
—Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Super Cruise includes gaze-tracking technology that disables the system when drivers aren’t watching the road.
—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
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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Scientists have used one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to find out how microscopic damage to turbine blades undermines jet engine performance, fuel efficiency and durability.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Ismay argued that paying circulators undermines the interests of South Dakotans by allowing out-of-state interests to fund campaigns meant to change the state.—
John Hult,
States Newsroom,
28 Jan. 2026
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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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When CEOs treat financial advice as a substitute for judgment, leadership starts to erode, decisions slow down, and conviction weakens.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s focus on the Western Hemisphere — as a show of might that weakens China’s geostrategic influence, Nikkei wrote.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Disables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disables. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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