disable

/dis-ˈā-bəl/

Middle English disablen "to deprive of legal rights" (in past participle disabled), borrowed from Anglo-French desabler, from des- dis-able ableabler "to permit, make able to inherit," derivative of able able

verb

  1. to make ineffective or inoperative

  2. to impair physically or mentally : to cause disability in

  3. to deprive of legal right, qualification, or capacity

disable a bomb

Automobile accidents kill nearly 50,000 people each year. … Accidents maim or disable another 80,000.

weaken enfeeble debilitate undermine sap disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power. enfeeble implies a condition of marked weakness and helplessness.