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To cause to be physically injured, disabled or incapacitated
“Such an injury that could potentially disable someone for life.”
To cause someone to feel physically weak or weary
“My father kept up his tennis until he was eighty-eight, despite three heart attacks. He did not let illness disable him.”
To cause damage to something with the intent of disabling it
“Performance monitoring will help you detect problems of many types, from runaway processes to network attacks meant to disable your services.”
To cause to be immobilized or ineffective
“Other drugs are used to disable the immune system and can have more severe effects on the digestive tract.”
To cause to be severely weakened or powerless
“He appears to have a few personality quirks which disable his effectiveness as a business partner.”
To deactivate or switch off
“A more sophisticated solution to this problem is to install occupancy sensors to disable the lights when the space is not in use.”
To disqualify or invalidate from progressing or being operational
“The system will automatically disable the affected campaign keywords and prevent ads from being displayed.”
To weaken or reduce in strength or intensity
To destroy or disrupt by means of sabotage
To destroy by, or as if by, an explosion
To dope something or someone, especially by giving it a drug
To subdue or hurt physically or violently
To forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon
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