disable

UK: /dɪˈseɪb^əl/ US: /dɪsˈeɪbəl/ ,(dis ā′bəl)

Inflections of 'disable' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

disables

v 3rd person singular

disabling

v pres p

disabled

v past

disabled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•a•ble /dɪsˈeɪbəl/   v. [~ + object] , -bled, -bling. 

1. to make unable or unfit;
   weaken or destroy the capability of;
   cripple:
   That illness disabled him and left him unable to work.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•a•ble  (dis ā′bəl), v.t., -bled, -bling. 

1. to make unable or unfit;
   weaken or destroy the capability of;
   cripple;
   incapacitate:
   He was disabled by blindness.
2. to make legally incapable;
   disqualify.

• dis-¹ + able 1475–85

dis•a′ble•ment, n. 
dis•a′bler, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. . enfeeble, paralyze. See cripple. 

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disable / dɪsˈeɪb^əl/ verb (transitive)

1. to cause (a person) to be restricted in their ability to move or use their senses
2. to make or pronounce legally incapable
3. to switch off (an electronic device)

disˈablement noun