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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  disabled \disabled\ adj.
     1. injured so as to be unable to function; as, disabled
        veterans.
  
     Syn: hors de combat, out of action.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]


  
     2. unable to function at normal capacity.
  
     Syn: handicapped, incapacitated.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disable \Dis*a"ble\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disabled}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Disabling}.]
     1. To render unable or incapable; to destroy the force,
        vigor, or power of action of; to deprive of competent
        physical or intellectual power; to incapacitate; to
        disqualify; to make incompetent or unfit for service; to
        impair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A Christian's life is a perpetual exercise, a
              wrestling and warfare, for which sensual pleasure
              disables him.                         --Jer. Taylor.
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              And had performed it, if my known offense
              Had not disabled me.                  --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I have disabled mine estate.          --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Law) To deprive of legal right or qualification; to
        render legally incapable.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              An attainder of the ancestor corrupts the blood, and
              disables his children to inherit.     --Blackstone.
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     3. To deprive of that which gives value or estimation; to
        declare lacking in competency; to disparage; to
        undervalue. [Obs.] "He disabled my judgment." --Shak.
  
     Syn: To weaken; unfit; disqualify; incapacitate.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disabled
       adj 1: incapacitated by injury or illness [syn: {handicapped}, {incapacitated}]
       2: so badly injured as to be unable to continue; "disabled
          veterans" [syn: {hors de combat}, {out of action}]
       n : people who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped;
           "technology to help the elderly and the disabled"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "disabled":
     ausgespielt, bad, burned-out, castrated, crippled, damaged,
     devitalized, disarmed, disqualified, drained, effete, emasculated,
     enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fatigued, game, halt,
     halting, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hobbling, hog-tied,
     impaired, incapacitated, inoperative, invalidated, lame, limping,
     maimed, paralyzed, played out, prostrate, ruined, run-down, sapped,
     spavined, spent, used up, wasted, weakened, worn, worn-out
  
  

















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