| VERB | change | disenable, disable, incapacitate | make unable to perform a certain action |
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| Meaning | make unable to perform a certain action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | disable, incapacitate | |
| Narrower | lay up | disable or confine, as with an illness |
| nobble | disable by drugging | |
| pinion | cut the wings off (of birds) | |
| restrain, confine, hold | To close within bounds, limit or hold back / back from movement | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | enable | Render capable or able for some task |