[ UK /dˌɪsˈe‍ɪbə‍l/ ]
[ US /dɪˈseɪbəɫ/ ]
VERB
  1. make unable to perform a certain action
    disable this command on your computer
  2. injure permanently
    He was disabled in a car accident

How To Use disable In A Sentence

  • Using the manual option allows you to attempt to disable the enemy boat's sails with chain shot, destroy the boat's hull with cannonballs, or kill off the crew with grapeshot.
  • Even more unsurprising is the fact that this neo-nazi moron was parked in a disabled parking spot. Think Progress » Virginia DMV Pulls License Plate Coded With Neo-Nazi Message From Truck With Anti-Islam Imagery
  • It is women who mainly shoulder responsibility for the care of elderly and disabled relatives.
  • Five soldiers were each fined £140 for swiping a wheelchair from a disabled tourist.
  • It also means that Twitter users will have finer grained control over which applications have ongoing access to their accounts — and will be able to disable applications without changing their password. Twitter can has OAuth? | FactoryCity
  • The new policies fail to accommodate the disabled.
  • Judith C had been disabled since birth, getting about with sticks and, for much of her life, leg calipers.
  • The phones can also be used with appliances such as washing machines to aid the disabled. The Sun
  • Disabled and able-bodied pupils got together for a dance and drama day.
  • I sat in the buggy, holding the reins over the trembling, wild-eyed bay, while William descended and, with great dignity, tied up the disabled swingletree. A Circuit Rider's Wife
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