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Topic: ILLNESS AND DISABILITY

disable

 verb
     
dis‧a‧ble [transitive]
1 [usually passive]MI to make someone unable to use a part of their body properly:
Carter was permanently disabled in the war.
2 to deliberately make a machine or piece of equipment impossible to use:
The virus will disable your computer.
—disablement noun [uncountable and countable]
—disabling adjective:
a disabling injury
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