disable

Meaning

Verb

1. To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
2. To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
3. To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

Adj

Lacking ability; unable.

Synonyms

cripple

incapacitate

lame

maim

disqualify

injure

deactivate

handicap

wound

make unfit

weaken

hinder

impair

disenable

inactivate

indispose

unfit

harm

invalid

make unable

shut down

sick

🤢

switch off

thwart

turn off

twist

valetudinarian

scotch

make ineffective

make lame

incapacitiate

make unqualified

baffle

exhause

belittle

bilk

cancel

decommission

defeat

depreciate

disparage

distort

do over

do up

frail

go

impaired

impede

make impossible

out

paralyse

restrict

rule out

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈeɪbəl/

Etymology

From dis- + able.