Disable
11disable — UK [dɪsˈeɪb(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms disable : present tense I/you/we/they disable he/she/it disables present participle disabling past tense disabled past participle disabled 1) to stop a machine or piece of equipment from working… …
12disable — Ordinarily, to take away the ability of, to render incapable of proper and effective action. Federal Union Life Ins. Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio v. Richey s Adm x, 256 Ky. 262, 75 S.W.2d 767, 768. See civil death disability. In the old language of… …
13disable — Ordinarily, to take away the ability of, to render incapable of proper and effective action. Federal Union Life Ins. Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio v. Richey s Adm x, 256 Ky. 262, 75 S.W.2d 767, 768. See civil death disability. In the old language of… …
14disable — dis|a|ble [ dıs eıbl ] verb transitive 1. ) to harm someone so that part of their body or brain no longer works normally: a disease that can kill or disable the young 2. ) to stop a machine or piece of equipment from working properly: Pressing… …
15disable — verb /dɪsˈeɪ.bəl/ a) to render unable; to take away the ability. Falling off the horse disabled him. b) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury. The pilot had to …
16disable — verb Disable is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alarm …
17disable — dis|a|ble [dısˈeıbəl] v [T] 1.) [usually passive] to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly ▪ Carter was permanently disabled in the war. 2.) to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use ▪ The virus… …
18disable — [[t]dɪse͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] disables, disabling, disabled 1) VERB If an injury or illness disables someone, it affects them so badly that it restricts the way that they can live their life. [V n] She did all this tendon damage and it really disabled her …
19disable — verb (T) 1 (often passive) to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly: Carter was permanently disabled in the war. 2 to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use: This system is designed to destroy or… …
20disable — verb 1) an injury that could disable somebody for life Syn: incapacitate, put out of action, debilitate; handicap, cripple, lame, maim, immobilize, paralyze 2) the bomb squad disabled the device Syn: deactivate, def …
