[syn: disabled, handicapped]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
disabled \disabled\ adj.
1. injured so as to be unable to function; as, disabled
veterans.
Syn: hors de combat, out of action.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. unable to function at normal capacity.
Syn: handicapped, incapacitated.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disabled; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disabling.]
1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force,
vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent
physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to
disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to
impair.
[1913 Webster]
A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a
wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure
disables him. --Jer. Taylor.
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And had performed it, if my known offense
Had not disabled me. --Milton.
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I have disabled mine estate. --Shak.
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2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to
render legally incapable.
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An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and
disables his children to inherit. --Blackstone.
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3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to
declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to
undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." --Shak.
Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disabled
adj 1: incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or
illness [syn: disabled, handicapped]
n 1: people collectively who are crippled or otherwise
physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and
the disabled" [syn: disabled, handicapped]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "disabled":
ausgespielt, bad, burned-out, castrated, crippled, damaged,
devitalized, disarmed, disqualified, drained, effete, emasculated,
enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fatigued, game, halt,
halting, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hobbling, hog-tied,
impaired, incapacitated, inoperative, invalidated, lame, limping,
maimed, paralyzed, played out, prostrate, ruined, run-down, sapped,
spavined, spent, used up, wasted, weakened, worn, worn-out