1. That cripples, disables or incapacitates
   "a disabling injury";
   - crippling, incapacitating
    
2. Depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified
   "certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship";
   - disqualifying

1. Make unable to perform a certain action
   "disable this command on your computer";
   - disenable [archaic], incapacitate
    
2. Injure permanently
   "He was disabled in a car accident";
   - invalid, incapacitate, handicap

See also: unhealthful [rare], unhealthy

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

Antonym: enable, enabling

Encyclopedia: Disabling