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disables
verb as in render inoperative
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It disables the Republicans, who are supposed to be the conservative party, on fiscal policy.
The dependent pecuniary position of the women disables them for work requiring large expenditure.
The blow often disables or kills its enemy, though sometimes the giraffe is overpowered and killed.
She knew very well that there is nothing so disables a "plains Indian" as to dismount him.
One of them is comparatively innocuous—it disables without debilitating; and its effect passes off in about twenty minutes.
The infancy of a party is accompanied by a political weakness which disables it from weakening others.
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On this page you'll find 65 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to disables, such as: paralyze, knock out, harm, immobilize, wreck, and debilitate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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