disable
verb (used with object)
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate.
had been disabling
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past perfect progressiveof disable.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Patients often have no idea there is a controversy and say the surgery took away what had been disabling pain.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2011
