DISABLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISABLE?

Need another word that means the same as “disable”? Find 29 synonyms and 30 related words for “disable” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disable” are: disenable, incapacitate, handicap, invalid, impair, damage, put out of action, make powerless, render powerless, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, indispose, make unfit, deactivate, defuse, disarm, render inoperative, make ineffective, make harmless, disqualify, prevent, invalidate, declare incapable, rule out, preclude, debar, prohibit, disentitle

Disable as a Verb

Definitions of "Disable" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disable” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Injure permanently.
• Make unable to perform a certain action.
• Put out of action.
• (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.
• (of an action or circumstance) prevent or discourage (someone) from doing something.

Synonyms of "Disable" as a verb (29 Words)

damage	Suffer or be susceptible to damage. The snow damaged the roof.
deactivate	Make inactive. The men were deactivated after five years of service.
debar	Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something. They were debarred entry to the port.
debilitate	Hinder, delay, or weaken. Hard drugs destroy families and debilitate communities.
declare incapable	State firmly.
defuse	Remove the fuse from (an explosive device) in order to prevent it from exploding. Explosives specialists tried to defuse the grenade.
disarm	Deprive of the power to hurt. Police yesterday disarmed a parcel bomb.
disenable	Deprive of the ability or capacity to do something. If we can get the communication system we can possibly disenable their whole force.
disentitle	Deprive (someone) of a right. She was disentitled to a redundancy payment.
disqualify	Declare (someone) ineligible for an office, activity, or competition because of an offence or infringement. She was disqualified after failing a drugs test.
enfeeble	Make weak or feeble. The breakdown in law and order enfeebled the government s authority.
handicap	Attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant. Lack of funding has handicapped the development of research.
impair	Make imperfect. A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing.
incapacitate	Prevent from functioning in a normal way. He was incapacitated by a heart attack.
indispose	Make unfit or unsuitable. She was indisposed.
invalid	Injure permanently. He was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry.
invalidate	Make invalid for use. A technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination.
make harmless	Give certain properties to something.
make ineffective	Be or be capable of being changed or made into.
make powerless	Behave in a certain way.
make unfit	Carry out or commit.
preclude	(of a situation or condition) prevent someone from doing something. His difficulties preclude him from leading a normal life.
prevent	Keep from happening or arising; make impossible. We must prevent the cancer from spreading.
prohibit	Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority. He is prohibited from becoming a director.
put out of action	Formulate in a particular style or language.
render inoperative	Give an interpretation or rendition of.
render powerless	Make over as a return.
rule out	Decide with authority.
weaken	Lessen in force or effect. Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks.

Usage Examples of "Disable" as a verb

• He was disabled in a car accident.
• Disable this command on your computer.
• Their choice disables them from pursuing certain avenues.
• It's an injury that could disable somebody for life.
• The raiders tried to disable the alarm system.

Associations of "Disable" (30 Words)

blemish	Add a flaw or blemish to make imperfect or defective. A facial blemish.
blindly	Without preparation or reflection; without a rational basis. Don t blindly accept dogma as justification.
blindness	The state or condition of being unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition. The field of vision gradually narrows and blindness can result.
deface	Mar or spoil the appearance of. He defaced library books.
deform	Become distorted or misshapen undergo deformation. The heat deformed the plastic sculpture.
difficulty	A thing that is hard to accomplish, deal with, or understand. Had difficulty walking.
disability	A physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities. Reading disability.
disfigure	Mar or spoil the appearance of. Litter disfigures the countryside.
dismember	Partition or divide up (a territory or organization. The tiger dismembered the tourist.
dyslexia	Impaired ability to learn to read.
hamstring	Cripple by cutting the hamstring. He pulled a hamstring.
handicap	A race or contest in which a handicap is imposed. He was born with a significant visual handicap.
hurt	Hurt the feelings of. Her eyes reflected her unhappiness and hurt.
impairment	Damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality. Hearing impairment.
incapacitate	Injure permanently. He was incapacitated by a heart attack.
injury	The fact of being injured; harm or damage. Compensation for injury to feelings.
interrupt	Break the continuity of (a line or surface. The buzzer interrupted his thoughts.
lame	Make a person or animal lame. A lame argument.
lethal	Very harmful or destructive. Lethal weapon.
maim	Wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. 100 000 soldiers were killed or maimed.
mangle	Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets.
mar	A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something especially on a person s body. Nothing marred her beauty.
maul	Take part in a maul. A man was mauled by a lion at London Zoo.
mutilate	Inflict serious damage on. Most of the prisoners had been mutilated.
obstacle	A thing that blocks one’s way or prevents or hinders progress. Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one s advancement.
ruin	Fall into ruin. You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank.
spoil	The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy.
vitiate	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. The insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant.
wound	Inflict a wound on. Chest wounds.