Thesaurus:disable

Thesaurus

disable

English

Verb

Sense: to impair the abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury

Synonyms

• disable
• disenable
• cripple
• incapacitate
• unable

Antonyms

• capacitate
• enable
• re-enable

Hyponyms

• blind
• blinden
• deafen
• disfigure
• founder (of horses)
• lame
• paralyse
•   —
• maim
• mangle
• mutilate
•   —
• hamstring
• hock (of animals)
• hough
• hox
•   —
• castrate
• desex
• emasculate
• fix (of animals, US, informal)
• geld (of animals)
• neuter (of animals)
• spay (of animals)
• unsex
•   —
• debuff (video game slang)
• nerf (video game slang)

Hypernyms

• damage
• debilitate
• deteriorate
• devitalize
• empayre
• harm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hinder    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hurt    [⇒ thesaurus]
• injure
• impair
• worsen    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:attack

Further reading

• “158. impotence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “disable” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.