disempowering

present participle of disempower

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disempowering
Verb
  • Electricity pylons were hit in the fighting, disabling the water pumps that relied on the electrical grid.
    Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Ensure Play Protect is enabled and don’t be lured into disabling it to enable an app to install.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • States should get serious about forbidding, rather than replacing, structures in seriously flood-prone locales like some barrier islands in Florida or the banks of North Carolina’s French Broad River.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Numerous other states have approved legislation forbidding PFAS in certain product categories, rather than instituting bans across the board.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Disempowering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disempowering. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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