How to Use disable in a Sentence

disable

verb
Definition of disablenext
Synonyms for disablenext
  • 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
  • Google did not say whether the tools would be disabled in Israel, Gaza or both.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 23 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bard users can opt to disable these extensions at any time.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Her husband is disabled, and a grandson who lives with them has special needs.
    — USA Today, 7 June 2023
  • More than 20 Russian naval vessels have now been disabled or destroyed, a third of the entire fleet.
    — Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The platform complied and said the content had been disabled, according to the filing.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The alert will also instruct you on how to disable the AirTag by removing the battery.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 21 Nov. 2023
  • If Candace wants to get on the phone with me to be educated on being disabled.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Like all real art, his work disables the viewer, and so enables her.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2024
  • To argue on this rhetorical ground is to disable the argument from the start.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 11 July 2023
  • The crash left both vehicles disabled, with the suspect running away toward F and 32nd streets.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Comments have been disabled beneath the MC’s post, which shows him in a gown and hooked up to multiple tubes and IVs in his hospital room.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • This will disable Find My iPhone, which is necessary in order to disable iCloud.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Within a month, the attacks had disabled nearly half of the country’s electrical grid.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
  • That means listening to folks who are disabled, who deserve a bigger voice in the research that is being done.
    — Lynne Moronski, STAT, 11 Jan. 2024
  • To disable your location from photos for good, do this: Open the Camera app's settings.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 7 May 2023

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