1
as in disability
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in impotence
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disablement
Noun
-
What does this work mean for children with disabilities?—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025 -
These cuts are inconsistent with most research regarding policy actions needed to properly support people with disabilities and threaten the administration’s work to lift up Marylanders and ensure no one is left behind.—
Scott T. Gibson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The League of Nations, bereft of U.S. support, languished into impotence, and only in the aftermath of World War II did the United States begin to approximate Wilson’s vision of a Pax Americana.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
-
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, those totems of Democratic impotence, entered together and acted as if they’d been instructed never to shoot each other so much as a passing glance.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
Expedia recognized $147 million in intangible asset impairment charges related to trade names within its B2C and trivago segments.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
7 Feb. 2025
-
Supplementation also does not appear to delay cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment, according to another review.—
Jennifer Lefton, MS, RD/N, CNSC, FAND,
Verywell Health,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
-
According to this view, the outside world has been generous to Africa, providing substantial aid in recent decades, leaving no excuse for the continent’s debility.—
Howard W. French,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
Noun
-
But what’s catching up to us now is exhaustion and low energy.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
-
For Clark and thousands of other people in her shoes, the waves of exhaustion and optimism are likely to continue for a very long time.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
-
According to the police force, the women, who are both from the U.S., sustained injuries while swimming in the waters at Bimini Bay.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
-
Eight minor injuries, including burns, have been reported.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Kureishi has been ambushed by the physical infirmities of age in a rare way.—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
-
Is Jill Biden Edith Wilson, an overprotective First Lady clinging to power in the face of her husband’s obvious infirmity?—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
13 July 2024
Noun
-
Here, Gomez speaks with Variety about the propriety of the FCC’s actions and the potential harm that may come to broadcast journalism.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
-
The abuse included forcing her children to do physical labor, restricting food, binding one child's hands and feet and emotional harm.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Thesaurus Entries Near disablement
Cite this Entry
“Disablement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disablement. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share