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DEFINITIONS OF:
disable
1
v
injure permanently
“He was
disabled
in a car accident”
Synonyms:
handicap
,
incapacitate
,
invalid
Types:
hock
disable by cutting the hock
Type of:
injure
,
wound
cause injuries or bodily harm to
v
make unable to perform a certain action
“
disable
this command on your computer”
Synonyms:
disenable
,
incapacitate
Antonyms:
enable
render capable or able for some task
Types:
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lay up
disable or confine, as with an illness
nobble
disable by drugging
pinion
cut the wings off (of birds)
confine
,
hold
,
restrain
to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
bind
,
tie down
,
tie up
,
truss
secure with or as if with ropes
fetter
,
shackle
restrain with fetters
enchain
restrain or bind with chains
pinion
,
shackle
bind the arms of
impound
,
pound
place or shut up in a pound
pound
,
pound up
shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
fold
,
pen up
confine in a fold, like sheep
ground
confine or restrict to the ground
Type of:
alter
,
change
,
modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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