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   disable

   /dɪsˈeɪbl/

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   • 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 incapacitateimpairdamageput out of actionrender/make powerlessweakenenfeebledebilitateindisposemake unfitimmobilizehamstringparalyseprostraterare:torpefy
   • ▪ put out of action: "the raiders tried to disable the alarm system" Similar deactivatedefusedisarmrender inoperativemake ineffectiveput out of actionmake harmlessOpposite setrepair
   • ▪ (of an action or circumstance) prevent or discourage (someone) from doing something: "their choice disables them from pursuing certain avenues" Similar disqualifypreventinvalidatedeclare incapablerule outprecludedebarprohibitdisentitlerare:disenableOpposite allow

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   • 1. disablement noun

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   What does disabled mean in English?

   • Middle English disablen "to deprive of legal rights" (in past participle disabled ), borrowed from Anglo-French desabler, from des- dis- + able able, or from abler "to permit, make able to inherit," derivative of able able

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   What does it mean to disable someone?

   • 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. The gunfire could kill or disable the pilot. Want to learn more? disable something to make something unable to work so that it cannot be used

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   What is a disable verb?

   • Definition of disable verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 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. The gunfire could kill or disable the pilot. Want to learn more?

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   What does disableable mean?

   • What does disableable mean? Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word disableable. Capable of being disabled. How to pronounce disableable? How to say disableable in sign language?

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   What does disablement mean?

   • 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. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   What does it mean if someone is disabled by a stroke?

   • If an injury or illness disables someone, it affects them so badly that it restricts the way that they can live their life. She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her. [VERB noun] One in five men will be disabled by a stroke. [VERB-ed] ...skin ulcers which are disfiguring and sometimes disabling.

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     DISABLE meaning: 1. to cause someone to have an illness,...

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     disable definicja: 1. to cause someone to have an illness,...

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     disable translate: verkrüppeln. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     DISABLE translate: ทำให้ไร้ความสามารถ. Learn more in the...

   • Disable: French Translation

     disable translate: désactiver. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Disable in Spanish

     DISABLE translate: dejar inválido, inutilizar, dejar...

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     DISABLE translate: menghilangkan keupayaan. Learn more in...

   • Vietnamese Translation

     DISABLE translate: làm tàn tật; làm cho bất lực. Learn more...

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   /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.

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