adjective

disabling

disabling, incapacitating

It was a disabling injury.

It was a disabling injury.

Disabling the alarm is easy.

Disabling the alarm is easy.

a disabling ((noun)) causing someone to be unable to use a part of their body properly It was a disabling injury.

Synonyms: incapacitating, crippling; Antonyms: enabling, empowering

From 'dis-' (not) + 'able' (capable) + '-ing' (present participle ending). Meaning 'making not able'.

Focus on the '-ing' ending, which suggests an action or quality that *causes* a state of being disabled.

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