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1. That cripples or disables or incapacitates
   "a disabling injury"
   - crippling, incapacitating
    
2. Depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
   "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship"
   - disqualifying

1. Make unable to perform a certain action
   "disable this command on your computer"
   - disenable, incapacitate
    
2. Injure permanently
   "He was disabled in a car accident"
   - invalid, incapacitate, handicap

See also: disablement, unhealthful

Type of: alter, change, injure, modify, wound

Antonym: enable, enabling

Encyclopedia: Disable