disablement

The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.

Noun

  1. The action of disabling or the state of being disabled.
    • The world would change if countries agreed to the disablement of all nuclear weapons.

Origin

Etymology tree English disable Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disablement From disable + -ment.

Forms

disablements

Synonyms

incapacitation

Related

disable