disable
/dɪsˈeɪbəl/
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obsolete/dɪzˈeɪbəl/
disable verb: to render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
Verb
disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)
- To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
- Falling off the horse disabled him.
- Krav is a martial art of last resort that assumes no quarter and focuses purely on disarming, disabling and, if necessary, destroying your opponent.2013, Steven McLaughlin, Clubland UK: On the Door in the Rave Era
- To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.
- At the end of March 2015 the onboard software configuration of the AGILE satellite was modified in order to disable the veto signal of the anticoincidence shield for the minicalorimeter instrument.2016, M. Marisaldi, A. Argan, A. Ursi, T. Gjesteland, F. Fuschino, C. Labanti, M. Galli, M. Tavani, C. Pittori, F. Verrecchia, F. D'Amico, N. Østgaard, S. Mereghetti, R. Campana, P.W. Cattaneo, A....
Adjective
disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)
- Lacking ability; unable.
- Our disable and unactive force.1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...
disable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disable in Hindi
- to render unable; to take away the ability
- अक्षम akṣam
- to impair the physical or mental abilities of
- विकलांग viklāṅg, अपाहिज apāhij
- to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
- निष्क्रिय करना niṣkriya karnā
disable in Tamil
- நிற்கச் செய், செயலிழக்க செய், இயங்காது செய்
disable in Marathi
- अक्षम करणे
disable in Urdu
- to deactivate a function of an electronic or mechanical device
- بند کرنا
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- disable in Bengali
- অক্ষম করা, অশক্ত করা, শক্তিহীন করা, বিকলাঙ্গ করা
- disable in Malayalam
- കഴിവില്ലാതാക്കുക, അംഗഭംഗപ്പെടുത്തുക, ദുർബ്ബലീകരിക്കുക, സാമ്പത്തികശേഷി നശിപ്പിക്കുക
- disable in Kannada
- ಹೆಳವುಗೊಳಿಸು, ಕೆಡಿಸು, ಅಳವುಗೆಡಿಸು
- disable in Punjabi
- ਅਯੋਗ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਅਸਮਰੱਥ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ, ਅਸਮਰੱਥ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ
- disable in Gujarati
- નિષ્ક્રિય કરો
- disable in Odia
- ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରନ୍ତୁ, ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରିବା ପାଇଁ, ନିଷ୍କ୍ରିଯ଼ କରିବାକୁ
- disable in Nepali
- बन्द गर्नु banda garnu, निष्क्रिय गर्नु niṣkriya garnu
- disable in Malay
- mematikan, menyahaktifkan
- disable in Indonesian
- mematikan, menonaktifkan, mendisfungsikan
Examples of disable in a sentence
- I'd like to be able to disable auto-reply for certain users.
- Disabling network access to unused ports reduces surface area.
- Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are some of the more disabling types of mental illnesses.
Synonyms of disable
Antonyms
Forms of disable
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | disables |
| present participle | disabling |
| past participle | disabled |
| past | disabled |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more disable |
| superlative | most disable |
Origin of disable
From dis- + able.
Words formed from disable
Words that rhyme with disable
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Questions about disable
- What does disable mean?
- Disable means to render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
- What is disable in Hindi?
- Disable in Hindi is अक्षम (akṣam), विकलांग (viklāṅg), अपाहिज (apāhij). See Disable meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disable?
- Disable can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disable?
- Disable is pronounced /dɪsˈeɪbəl/.
- What is the past tense of disable?
- The past tense of disable is disabled.
Words near disable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disable (page history and authors); disable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disable (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disable (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disable (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); disable (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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