VERB | change | disable, disenable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
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body | disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap | injure permanently |
Sounds | dihsey'bahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | make unable to perform a certain action. | |
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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. | |
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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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