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disenable

Other forms: disenabled; disenabling

Definitions of disenable
  1. verb
    make unable to perform a certain action
    synonyms: disable, incapacitate
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    types:
    lay up
    disable or confine, as with an illness
    nobble
    disable by drugging
    pinion
    cut the wings off (of birds)
    confine, hold, restrain
    to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement
    bind, tie down, tie up, truss
    secure with or as if with ropes
    fetter, shackle
    restrain with fetters
    enchain
    restrain or bind with chains
    pinion, shackle
    bind the arms of
    impound, pound
    place or shut up in a pound
    pound, pound up
    shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits
    fold, pen up
    confine in a fold, like sheep
    ground
    confine or restrict to the ground
    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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