disable

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dis- + able

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Plain form
disable

Third-person singular
disables

Past tense
disabled

Past participle
disabled

Present participle
disabling

  1. (transitive) (often passive) If you disable something, you stop it from working.
    Disable that alarm before we open the door.
    The bomb was disabled before any damage was caused.