Thesaurus:disable
English
Verb
Sense: to impair the abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury
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Antonyms
Hyponyms
- blind
- blinden
- deafen
- disfigure
- founder (of horses)
- lame
- paralyse
- —
- maim
- mangle
- mutilate
- —
- hamstring
- hock (of animals)
- hough
- hox
- —
- castrate
- desex
- emasculate
- fix (of animals, US, informal)
- geld (of animals)
- neuter (of animals)
- spay (of animals)
- unsex
- —
- debuff (video game slang)
- nerf (video game slang)
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Further reading
- “158. impotence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “disable” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.