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Synonyms of disable in English:

disable


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See Spanish definition of inutilizar

verb

1‘the gunfire could kill or disable the pilot’

SYNONYMS
incapacitate, impair, damage, put out of action, make powerless, render powerless, weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, indispose, make unfit
immobilize, hamstring, paralyse, prostrate
rare torpefy

2‘the bomb squad disabled the device’

SYNONYMS
deactivate, defuse, disarm, render inoperative, make ineffective, put out of action, make harmless
ANTONYMS

set, repair

3‘after the Restoration he was disabled from holding public office’

SYNONYMS
disqualify, prevent, invalidate, declare incapable, rule out, preclude, debar, prohibit, disentitle
rare disenable
ANTONYMS

allow