Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: disable  dis'ey-bul
  1. Make unable to perform a certain action
    "disable this command on your computer";
    - disenable, incapacitate
     
  2. Injure permanently
    "He was disabled in a car accident";
    - invalid, incapacitate, handicap

Derived forms: disabled, disables, disabling

Type of: alter, change, injure, modify, wound

Encyclopedia: Disable

Nearest

dis-
Dis Pater
DISA
disa
disability
disability benefit
disability check
disability insurance
disability of walking
disability payment
disable
disabled
disablement
disabling
disablism
disabuse
disabused
disaccharidase
disaccharide
disaccord
disaccustom