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disablement

disablement

5.6
To make something unable to work or be used
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈeɪblmənt/
translation icon : desactivación
  • The disablement of the computer system caused a major delay in our project.

Examples

  • Due to the disablement of the traffic lights, intersections became chaotic.

  • In 1990, Oliver published his best-known work, The Politics of Disablement.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The criticality criterion may also be accentuated by pointing to the serious consequences that the disablement or destruction of such infrastructure would have.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The disablement of the security alarm left the building vulnerable to theft.

Synonyms

deactivation
vsdisablement
4 4.6

Making a device or system stop working, often by turning off its power

describes making something unable to function more generally, not only by switching off power
inactivation
vsdisablement
1 6.3

Making something like a virus or enzyme stop working

is the act of making something unable to be used or operated
inoperability
vsdisablement
8.2

A situation when a machine or system cannot work as it should

is the process that causes that state rather than the state itself

Antonyms

enablement
1 4.6

Making something possible or easier to do

How Complete

destruction
849 3.0
disablement
5.6
shutdown
136 4.1
deactivation
4 4.6
to glitch
  • Specialized
3 5.8

Surface Forms

disablement singular
disablements plural

Morphology

disablement = disable (transparent) = dis + able + ment

The suffix '-ment' straightforwardly forms a noun naming the act or process associated with the verb 'disable'.

Etymology

Disablement comes from the parts dis- ('not') and able ('able to work'), with -ment making it the act or result. So, disablement can also mean the process of making something 'not able' to work, like stopping a machine or system from working.