Collocations for "disabled"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "disabled" in context.
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disable
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- disable a [function, feature, setting]
- disable the [alarm, machine, device, bomb]
- disable the [alarm, scrolling] function
- disable [cookies, comments, popups]
- disable by [pressing, click, selecting, turning off, removing, cutting]
- [click] here to disable
- the [accident, illness, crash] disabled him
- disabled by the [accident]
- disabled him from the [shoulders, waist] down
- disabled him [for life, permanently, temporarily]
- [severely, permanently] disabled her
'disabled' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
access
- accessible
- administrator
- assistance
- care
- companion
- curator
- diaper
- disable
- domestic
- elderly
- facilitate
- frail
- ill
- opportunity
- parking
- physically
- railway
- wheelchair