D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

disabling

· IPA /dɪsˈeɪbəlɪŋ/
01 adj. causing or having caused disability; rendering disabled; as, disabling injury.
  1. 1.
    causing or having caused disability; rendering disabled; as, disabling injury.
  2. 2.
    depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified; as, certain disabling restrictions disqualified him for citizenship.
Syn. crippling, incapacitating. — Syn. -- disqualifying.