as in impaired
deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities
the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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Recent Examples of disabled
Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
According to the news release, LMPD’s preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle driving northbound on I-265 had become disabled in the roadway.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
His work account had already been disabled.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Bare-bones accessibility (protections for disabled passengers).
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Sturm hasn’t been disabled anywhere but Trials of Osiris at this point, but that may change soon.
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Mittman encourages companies to strive to offer accommodations, such as teleworking options and mental health assistance, to the visually impaired.—
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What is considered impaired driving in California?—
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Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.—
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This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.—
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The lawsuit accused the airline of negligence by the flight crew, which resulted in the passenger being paralyzed.—
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Protests erupted across the Philippines and paralyzed the capital Manila on Sunday over a corruption scandal involving flood-control projects in a nation battered by storms and poverty.—
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The award is given to establishments that receive a high volume of exceptional reviews and ratings from the TripAdvisor community over a 12-month period.—
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Despite its exceptional hardness approaching that of diamond, boron remains too brittle for direct use in tools or structural applications.—
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Another note that came up in the responses to this question is that everyone, of any age, should make sure that there are plans in place for a friend or relative to take care of the dog if the owner is incapacitated or dies.—
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By setting up permissions in advance, the agent (individual with the power to act on behalf of someone else) can step in immediately if the account owner is incapacitated.—
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Against unrelenting machine gunfire, Wilson and his unit captured a strategically important hill, then pushed forward, even though he had been wounded multiple times, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.—
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One advantage wounded Israeli soldiers have benefited from is the proximity to the battlefield — evacuated from Gaza by helicopter within about an hour to the operating table of a top-notch hospital in Israel.—
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At least 14 people were also injured in Kyiv, local officials said.—
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Half a dozen inmates and four deputies were injured Friday morning when a brawl broke out at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City, authorities said.—
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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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