disabled

disabled
    adj 1: incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or
           illness [syn: {disabled}, {handicapped}]
    n 1: people collectively who are crippled or otherwise
         physically handicapped; "technology to help the elderly and
         the disabled" [syn: {disabled}, {handicapped}]
    

disabled \disabled\ adj.
   1. injured so as to be unable to function; as, disabled
      veterans.

   Syn: hors de combat, out of action.
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   2. unable to function at normal capacity.

   Syn: handicapped, incapacitated.
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Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.]
   1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force,
      vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent
      physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to
      disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to
      impair.
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            A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a
            wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure
            disables him.                         --Jer. Taylor.
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            And had performed it, if my known offense
            Had not disabled me.                  --Milton.
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            I have disabled mine estate.          --Shak.
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   2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to
      render legally incapable.
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            An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and
            disables his children to inherit.     --Blackstone.
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   3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to
      declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to
      undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." --Shak.

   Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "disabled":
      ausgespielt, bad, burned-out, castrated, crippled, damaged,
      devitalized, disarmed, disqualified, drained, effete, emasculated,
      enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fatigued, game, halt,
      halting, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hobbling, hog-tied,
      impaired, incapacitated, inoperative, invalidated, lame, limping,
      maimed, paralyzed, played out, prostrate, ruined, run-down, sapped,
      spavined, spent, used up, wasted, weakened, worn, worn-out