| VERB | change | disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap | injure permanently |
| Sounds | dihsey'bahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | make unable to perform a certain action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "disable this command on your computer" | |
| Synonyms | disenable, incapacitate | |
| Narrower | lay up | disable or confine, as with an illness |
| nobble | disable by drugging | |
| pinion | cut the wings off (of birds) | |
| restrain, confine, hold, constrain | To close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | enable | Render capable or able for some task |
| Spanish | imposibilitar, incapacitar | |
| Catalan | incapacitar | |
| Nouns | disablement | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
| Meaning | injure permanently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He was disabled in a car accident" | |
| Synonyms | invalid, incapacitate, handicap | |
| Narrower | hock | disable by cutting the hock |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | discapacitar, incapacitar, invalidar | |
| Catalan | incapacitar | |
| Nouns | disablement | the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness |
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