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disable definition

dis·able (dis ā′bəl, dis′-)

transitive verb disabled -·bled, disabling -·bling

  1. to make unable, unfit, or ineffective; cripple; incapacitate
  2. to make legally incapable; disqualify legally

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disable Synonyms

disable

v.

cripple, incapacitate, impair, put out of action; see damage 1, maim. See syn. study at maim.


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disable Usage Examples

Object

  • verdict: There are only so many programs that you can watch about the African Bullfrog for example. disable ad VERDICT So should you invest?

Modifying Another Word

  • temporarily: Enabled can be used to temporarily disable a user from entering the system.

Present participle complement

  • log: Absence of any TransferLog disables logging If no TransferLog directive is given then no log is written.

Modifying Another Word

  • severely: My wife and I, both severely disabled and aged 86 have lived with my daughter Jean in Bar Hill since 1972.

Used with why or when

  • when: Zoom Icons and Commands are disabled when maximum or minimum zooms are reached.

Present participle complement

  • accord: This allows repression to be enabled or disabled according to the chemical environment.

Preposition: in

  • BIOS: The inbuilt video and audio chips can usually be disabled in the BIOS if you want to install AGP or PCI cards instead.

Preposition: by

  • default: The Unix Teaching System's mozilla has JavaScript disabled by default.
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