disablement

[dis-ey-buhl]

dis·a·ble

[dis-ey-buhl]
verb (used with object), dis·a·bled, dis·a·bling.
1.
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; cripple; incapacitate: He was disabled by blindness.
2.
to make legally incapable; disqualify.

Origin:
1475–85; dis-1 + able

dis·a·ble·ment, noun
dis·a·bler, noun


1. enfeeble, paralyze. See cripple.

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Disablement is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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disable (dɪsˈeɪbəl)
 
vb
1.  to make ineffective, unfit, or incapable, as by crippling
2.  to make or pronounce legally incapable
3.  to switch off (an electronic device)
 
dis'ablement
 
n

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