disable
/dɪˈseɪbl/ verb [T]Definition
PERSON › If someone is disabled by an illness or injury, it makes it difficult for them to live in the way that most other people do: [often passive] Some children were permanently disabled by the bomb.
EQUIPMENT › to stop a piece of equipment from working: The thieves must have disabled the alarm system.
(Definition of disable verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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