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disable

/dɪˈseɪbəl/

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What does disable mean?

verb

  1. To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
  2. To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
  3. To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈseɪbəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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And in the duel of sex they fence, not to make points, but to disable and disarm.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
Wet land also produces conditions which disable the foliage of plants from absorbing carbonic acid, thus greatly decreasing its atmospheric supply of food.
Edward Payson RoeSuccess with Small FruitsProject Gutenberg ebook #6117
More book examples (3)
Armed with this formidable weapon, Gaudry was to strike her enemy's son so forcibly in the pit of the stomach as to disable him for life.
H. B. (Henry Brodribb) IrvingA Book of Remarkable CriminalsProject Gutenberg ebook #446
So much so that the women have been required not only to afford evidence of a life of leisure, but even to disable themselves for useful activity.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400