Meaning & use
Disabling
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Making something unable to function, or depriving someone of a physical or mental ability.
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A software glitch is disabling the security cameras across the building.
The accident left him with a disabling injury to his spine.
A note on using this word
The word functions both as a verb (disabling a device) and as an adjective describing a lasting condition (a disabling illness), so its meaning shifts with grammatical role.
Words with a similar meaning
incapacitatingdeactivating
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