How to Use disable in a Sentence

disable

verb
Definition of disablenext
Synonyms for disablenext
  • The 25-year-old, who is disabled, has been a fan for more than half of her life.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The chat group involves tips on ways to disable trains.
    — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 6 May 2022
  • And for those who do survive, many of them are disabled.
    — CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • How many of them know what Sidewalk is, or how to disable it?
    — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Go to Settings > Notes, then slide the toggle next to Save to Photos to the left to disable it.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022
  • Google did not say whether the tools would be disabled in Israel, Gaza or both.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no way to disable the Google Discover feed that’s to the left of your homescreen.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
  • There are a couple of ways to disable Bluetooth on your iPhone.
    — Fox News, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Toggle the slider next to See ads that interest you to the left to disable it.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • The sensors are meant to disable air bags when kids or smaller adults are sitting in the seats.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • This will reduce the chances that someone will disable the alarm.
    — Claire Law, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The whales then slap the water (and the fish) with their powerful tails, further disabling the prey.
    — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The vehicle was disabled at the scene and the suspects fled on foot, police said.
    — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 28 July 2024
  • Officers were able to disable the truck with a spike strip, causing Lopez to crash.
    — Ed Lavandera and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 9 June 2022
  • At one point, the man awoke and grabbed the steering wheel, causing the car to hit a curb and a trash can, which disabled the vehicle.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • The Portland Metro Bomb Squad disabled the device, the statement said.
    — oregonlive, 30 June 2023
  • Here’s how to access the secret map tracking you, plus steps for disabling it.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Others shared tips for how to disable future alerts on their phones.
    — Jennifer Korn, CNN, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Parliament ran a livestream of the rally—and the person who set it up did not disable the comment feed.
    — Francine Hirsch, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Ten have been disabled by Israeli airstrikes, and the rest don’t have enough water, flour or fuel to stay open.
    — Cate Brown, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Now, the 64-year-old, who asked to be identified by only her first name, is disabled.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2023
  • The automations are all managed by the user and can be disabled at any time.
    — Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 15 May 2024
  • At this point, the heat has done irreversible damage that can leave the victim disabled for years to come.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
  • Bard users can opt to disable these extensions at any time.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • This appeared to be a reference to a group of orcas off the coast of Spain that have been disabling and sinking yachts.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024
  • Like when the Baja Blast drowned out the Black boi asking for anger to save them in my throat; my back hurts in a country who wants to disable me.
    — Kb Brookins, Chron, 22 July 2022
  • Line cuts near signal tracks have disabled warning lights and gates.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • One-third of the Black Sea fleet has been disabled or destroyed, and the remaining ships rarely venture into the western half of the sea.
    — Tim Lister and Victoria Butenko, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The basalt siphons slowed the destruction, to an extent, but in February 2024, lava outflows disabled a network of pipes from the power station.
    — Jonah Walters, Longreads, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Delta had disabled automatic updates from CrowdStrike but this one reached its computers anyway, the airline said in the suit.
    — Jordan Novet,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024

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