- present tense form of disable (3rd person singular).
disables
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Some regularly put their cars in sport mode, which in some models disables the engine from shutting off when the car is idle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
A "dark" vessel -- usually a tanker or cargo carrier -- deliberately disables or manipulates transponders in a bid to go undetected by public tracking systems like Kpler's MarineTraffic.
From Barron's ● Mar. 31, 2026
Though infections are at a relative low these days, we're still dealing with COVID-19, which kills hundreds of Americans per week and disables countless others.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025
With a playful, digressive style, Moghaddam considers the layers of the hijab and the ways that a dress code both enables and disables self-expression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
Hemophilia is caused by a single mutation that disables a protein in the clotting of blood.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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