noun
- People collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped.
- usage: "technology to help the elderly and the disabled"
- synonyms: handicapped
verb
- Make unable to perform a certain action.
- usage: "disable this command on your computer"
- synonyms: disable, disenable, incapacitate
- Injure permanently.
- usage: "He was disabled in a car accident"
- synonyms: disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
adjective
- Incapable of functioning as a consequence of injury or illness.
- synonyms: handicapped
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