disabling
Translation
disabling, incapacitating
Examples
It was a disabling injury.
It was a disabling injury.
Disabling the alarm is easy.
Disabling the alarm is easy.
Grammar Patterns
a disabling ((noun)) causing someone to be unable to use a part of their body properly It was a disabling injury.
Similar Words
Synonyms: incapacitating, crippling; Antonyms: enabling, empowering
Etymology
From 'dis-' (not) + 'able' (capable) + '-ing' (present participle ending). Meaning 'making not able'.
Memory Tips
Focus on the '-ing' ending, which suggests an action or quality that *causes* a state of being disabled.