as in challenged
deprived of the power to perform one or more natural bodily activities
the disabled man was unable to climb the stairs without help
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as in crippled
to cause severe or permanent injury to
a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
disabled the controls for unauthorized users
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Recent Examples of disabled
Rachel Curry, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
California Column: As Eaton fire advanced, here’s how employees rescued 45 elderly and disabled patients
2 hours ago
Snowfall
Snow levels could fall to as low as 3,500 feet above sea level, and six to 12 inches of snow could fall on the San Gabriel Mountains.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the warning sound that should play when the camera is in use could be disabled remotely.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The administration’s moves highlight that accommodations for disabled people in the workplace are as crucial as ever.
—Rachel Curry, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
California Column: As Eaton fire advanced, here’s how employees rescued 45 elderly and disabled patients
2 hours ago
Snowfall
Snow levels could fall to as low as 3,500 feet above sea level, and six to 12 inches of snow could fall on the San Gabriel Mountains.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
Cross-play will be disabled in the Competitive Mode, so PC players can't battle against console players.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
Additionally, the warning sound that should play when the camera is in use could be disabled remotely.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2024
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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When McCarthy was ousted in October 2023, the House was paralyzed for three weeks before Republicans coalesced around Johnson.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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This 35-year old man, paralyzed by polio, was condemned for the rest of his life to be a prisoner of the machine compressing and releasing his lungs.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Timberlake — who shares sons Silas, 9, and Phineas, 4, with the Emmy nominee — pleaded guilty in September to the lesser charge of driving while impaired.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Police arrested 37-year-old Casey Hatley Ruppe and charged her with driving while impaired.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2025
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Workers incapacitated by pregnancy could get an additional two weeks.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
20 Dec. 2024
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In 2010, a UPS cargo flight was involved in a fatal accident when a cargo pallet containing tens of thousands of lithium batteries caused a fire in the hold, which eventually incapacitated the pilots and damaged the flight controls, causing the aircraft to crash in Dubai.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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With a relatively meager $170 million endowment, the university which employs more than 230 professors, many of whom are deaf, would struggle to recoup the loss of federal money.—
Emma Whitford,
Forbes,
3 Feb. 2025
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Early on, her allegiances are torn between her support of her deaf classmates and the feminist win represented by a woman being chosen to lead the university.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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Grayson is blind, the result of a rare genetic disorder that stunts the development of the iris and the crystalline lens covering the eye.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2025
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Rather a full-throated, almost blind faith in and validation of her emotions at a global level.—
Megan Feringa,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.—
Cary Goodman,
New York Daily News,
5 Jan. 2025
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Fourteen killed, dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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