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v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

disenable, switch off, turn off, toggle off

v. inactivate a feature or option of a software program

v. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"

hurt, injure, affect negatively, damage financially

v. cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

disable, incapacitate, disenable

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

lame, cripple

v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

redress, right, correct, compensate

v. make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

paralyze, paralyse, make powerless

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

hurt, wound, spite, injure, offend

v. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"

hurt, injure, affect negatively, damage financially

v. cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

cripple

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

disarm, unarm, render harmless, take away weapons

v. take away the weapons from; render harmless

enervate, weaken mentally, weaken morally

v. weaken mentally or morally

drain, enfeeble, debilitate, make feeble

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

devitalize, devitalise

v. sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"

exhaust

v. empty by drawing out the contents

paralyze, paralyse, make powerless

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

hamper, handicap, disadvantage, hinder

v. attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant

break, damage

v. inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

ruin, destroy

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

countermine, sabotage, weaken, undermine, counteract, subvert

v. destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war"

cave, undermine

v. hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

paralyze, paralyse, cause to be paralyzed

v. cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"

enable, render capable, render able

v. render capable or able for some task; "This skill will enable you to find a job on Wall Street"; "The rope enables you to secure yourself when you climb the mountain"

activate, make active, enable, turn on, invoke, switch on, toggle on

v. make active or more active; "activate an old file"

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