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
Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Adding to the problems was a disabled Amtrak train, the T said.
—Nbc Boston, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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
Moss suggests partnering with organizations such as Protection & Advocacy and Lawyers Assistance Programs to identify and address the unique needs of disabled lawyers.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Adding to the problems was a disabled Amtrak train, the T said.
—Nbc Boston, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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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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Its main proxy, Hezbollah, was crippled by a pager attack on its hierarchy, and then by weeks of vicious airstrikes.Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Ongoing attacks have crippled Gaza's water and sanitation systems, depriving children of safe water and endangering their health.Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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What can’t be regained is the time wasted by being paralyzed with fear.Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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McBrain has dealt with health issues in recent years, including suffering a stroke in 2023 that paralyzed the right side of his body and threatened his drumming career.Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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The sheriff added that, based on a preliminary investigation, the driver didn’t appear to be impaired.Danielle Jennings, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
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Police arrested Cuadrado, who lives in Castle Hill, following the accident and charged him with criminally negligent homicide, vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated and driving while ability impaired.Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 Nov. 2024
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But today, forms of dementia like frontotemporal dementia, which affects the temporal lobes of the brain, have left her permanently incapacitated.Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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This is also true if your friend has passed away or is incapacitated and can no longer use their Facebook.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Most people here are deaf and communicate using sign language.MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2024
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Readers learn of their inspirational bond, what is means to be deaf in America and how the team’s head coach spearheaded the entire team.Christopher Murray, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Down in the garden, dead cornstalks made a pleasant rattling sound in the cold wind, for all the world like the dry rushes of a duck blind rustling in the darkness of an overcast November morning.Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
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That might explain why the Portland-via-Fort Lauderdale post-hardcore band performs with such extemporaneous vigor on Deep Sage, thrashing and flailing in a release of anger that trades blind rage for determined revenge.Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
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An extraordinarily valuable racehorse, alone in his stall one night, was fatally injured.GrrlScientist, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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In 2021, 900 greyhounds were reportedly injured and 232 died, according to local media reports, cited by the BBC.Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disabled. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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