disable
verb (used with object)
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate.
has disabled
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present perfectof disable (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The country's biggest search engine, Naver, has disabled autocomplete and related search suggestions for candidates, as it usually does during election season.
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
This has disabled the craft’s ability to send back telemetry data, which gives an overview of the overall health of the vehicle.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
A team of scientists says it has nailed down the major symptoms of Long Covid, a condition that has disabled millions of people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2.
From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2023
Yelp has disabled Kinship’s page after an influx of negative comments.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2022
I experienced only what may be called slight pain, in comparison to what I have felt; but really fear that the exertion has disabled him for to-day.
From A Confederate Girl's Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson
