disutilize

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ utilize.

Verb

disutilize (third-person singular simple present disutilizes, present participle disutilizing, simple past and past participle disutilized)

1. (transitive) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
   • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:

     Death's black dust, being blown,
     Infiltrated through every secret fold
     Of this sealed letter by a puff of fate,
     Dried up forever the fresh-written ink,
     Annulled the gift, disutilized the grace,
     And left these fragments.