disable

Example Sentences

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The rules give the FIA discretion to disable the 'straight-line mode', where the front and rear wings open to reduce drag and boost speed.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

You can also create routines to, for example, disable Privacy Display when you get home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"In one experiment, we use a neurotoxin to disable the sympathetic nervous system," Nigri says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026

Parents who attended this week’s protest urged the company to do more to safeguard young people from predators and called for Snap to disable its AI chatbot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

My terror, as I lay there, of falling ill, and being unfitted for to-morrow, was so besetting, that I wonder it did not disable me of itself.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens