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Definition of "disable" []

  • To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of. (verb-transitive)
  • Law To render legally disqualified. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disable" in a sentence
  • "At the moment we should operate under the assumption that the ship, while disable, is still manned to the brim by the roguish scum."
  • "But to jokingly compare his poor bowling game to an event for a disable is a rare slip for a president who deliberates over every word."
  • "By the time I got there, though, it seems that the 'custom text' feature was once again disable."