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Antonyms for enabling
ɛnˈeɪ blɪŋen·abling

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  1. enablingadjective

    providing legal power or sanction

    "an enabling resolution"; "enabling power"

    Antonyms:
    disabling, disqualifying

How to use enabling in a sentence?

  1. Jamal Khashoggi:

    The promise of accountability was the only check on this guy [ MBS ], now it's gone, when the President of the US goes to this murderer's hometown to appease him, he's not only glossing over his past heinous crimes with stunning impunity but enabling his future ones. It's a wink-wink nudge-nudge to commit the next crime in a cleaner, less messy fashion.

  2. John Reid:

    Australia's strong border protection measures have played a key role in enabling the government to maintain meaningful and significant humanitarian resettlement and assistance programs.

  3. Alex Beckett:

    Disposable incomes have rocketed in China, enabling consumers to splash out on so-called luxury non-essentials like ice cream. More people can now afford to buy a fridge-freezer for their home - especially out in rural areas – encouraging more people to take ice cream home to eat and share, rather than just eat it on-the-go.

  4. Ninder Johal:

    He spent his working life in smoky and hot furnaces, for my children and grandchildren, visiting the BCLM and seeing such industries depicted will provide a legacy enabling them to understand who they are and the role their grandfather and great-grandfather played in the industrial landscape of the U.K.

  5. Risalyn Williams:

    To be able to help all these women is amazing. This can be life-changing for these women, we are enabling them to get this care that no one should ever be denied or not have access to.

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