Synonyms for disable
dɪsˈeɪ bəldis·able

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1. disable, disenable, incapacitateverb

   make unable to perform a certain action

   "disable this command on your computer"

   Synonyms:
   incapacitate, handicap, disenable, invalid

   Antonyms:
   enable

2. disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicapverb

   injure permanently

   "He was disabled in a car accident"

   Synonyms:
   incapacitate, handicap, disenable, hamper, invalid, hinder

   Antonyms:
   enable

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1. disableverb

   Synonyms:
   weaken, enfeeble, cripple, paralyze, unman, disenable, deprive of strength

2. disableverb

   Synonyms:
   disqualify, incapacitate, unfit, make incapable

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1. disableverb

   Synonyms:
   incapacitate, disqualify, cripple, maim

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1. List of paraphrases for "disable":

   disabling, deactivate, disables, off, uncheck, spin-down, disabled, deactivating, deselect, inactivate, deactivation, cutoff, quiesce, defuse, clear, deactive, teardown, de-activate

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How to use disable in a sentence?

1. Jason Healey:

   The concern at [ the Department of Homeland Security ] and the Pentagon will be that ransomware will hit at the county and state level to disable voting registers, vote tallying and reporting, and result reporting, election machines themselves should be harder [ to compromise ], as they're less connected.

2. Yehuda Afek:

   The attack in 2016 used over 1M [1 million] IoT [Internet of Things] devices, whereas here we see the same impact with only a few hundred, we are talking about a major amplification, a major cyberattack that could disable critical parts of the Internet.

3. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Indian stock market is probably to fall till 16th May2022 and brokerage firms will continue to disrupt and disable their trading platform keys to not allow traders to transact smoothly. Shares of Government business units to fall mostly deeply

4. Thoko Elphick-Pooley:

   We can use the impetus we have now from COVID to deal with some of those diseases, like leprosy, which was around thousands of years ago and is still around, we get outraged by diseases that kill, but not by diseases that disable.

5. Charles Mathias:

   This could degrade or disable communications on both systems, causing either both to function improperly or stop functioning altogether.