disable

tr.v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

1. To deprive of capability or effectiveness, especially to impair the physical abilities of.
2. Law. To render legally disqualified.

disablement dis·a'ble·ment n.
disabling dis·a'bling adj.
disablingly dis·a'bling·ly adv.

To turn off; deactivate. See disabled.

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verb

1. To render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury: cripple, immobilize, incapacitate, knock out, paralyze. Idioms: put out ofactioncommission. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To make incapable, as of doing a job: disqualify, unfit. See ability/inability.

v

Definition: render inoperative; cripple
Antonyms: aid, assist, enable, help, improve

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre uarbejdsdygtig, handicappe, erklære inhabil

Nederlands (Dutch)
buiten werking stellen, stuk maken, onmogelijk maken, invalide maken, het recht ontnemen, onbeschikbaar maken (computerfunctie)

Français (French)
v. tr. - rendre infirme, handicaper, avarier, immobiliser, désactiver

Deutsch (German)
v. - zum Invaliden machen, lahmlegen, unbrauchbar machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθιστώ ανάπηρο ή ανίκανο (κν. σακατεύω), (μτφ.) αχρηστεύω

Italiano (Italian)
disabilitare, rendere inabile

Português (Portuguese)
v. - incapacitar

Русский (Russian)
отключать, калечить, лишать права

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - incapacitar, inhabilitar para

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - handikappa, fördärva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使失去能力, 使无资格, 使伤残

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使失去能力, 使無資格, 使傷殘

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 할 수 없게 하다, (장비를) 고장 나게 하다, 장애로 만들다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 身体障害者にする, 無力にする, から資格を奪う, 無能にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعجز شخص, يقعد شخص عن العمل, يضعف شخص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטיל מום, פסל, ניתק (יישום) (במחשבים)‬

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