disable

Meanings

Verb

• make unable to perform a certain action
  • "disable this command on your computer"
• injure permanently
  • "He was disabled in a car accident"
• To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
• To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.
• To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

Adj

• Lacking ability; unable.

Synonyms

cripple, deactivate, disable, disenable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid, unable

Antonyms

capacitate, enable, re-enable

Related Words

attack