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- Dictionarydis·a·ble/dəˈsāb(ə)l/
verb
- 1. (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities: "it's an injury that could disable somebody for life" Similar
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The meaning of DISABLE is to make ineffective or inoperative. How to use disable in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disable.
to cause someone to have an illness, injury, or condition that makes it difficult for them to do the things that other people do: She was disabled in the accident. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome.
Disable definition: to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate. See examples of DISABLE used in a sentence.
disable. (dɪseɪbəl ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense disables , present participle disabling , past tense, past participle disabled. 1. verb. If an injury or illness disables someone, it affects them so badly that it restricts the way that they can live their life.
/dəˈseɪbəl/ /dɪsˈeɪbəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: disabled; disabling; disables. When an injury disables someone, it leaves the person seriously hurt, probably for the rest of their life. If a car accident disables you, you are permanently limited in some physical way.
disable somebody to injure or affect somebody permanently so that, for example, they cannot walk or cannot use a part of their body. He was disabled in a car accident. a disabling condition; The gunfire could kill or disable the pilot.
dis·a·ble. (dĭs-ā′bəl) tr.v. dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling, dis·a·bles. 1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of. 2. Law To render legally incapable of performing an act. dis·a′ble·ment n. dis·a′bling adj.