Break and Disable

Break

Break verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: I broke a tooth on the hard candy

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Disable and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disable" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

Usage example: a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash

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Break and disable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Disable".

Nearby Words: disablement, disabling

power	break power	disable power
control	break control	disable control
system	break system	disable system
way	break way	disable way
Other words: lock, weapon, shields.

In the Heralds of Valdemar series, someone comments that since it's difficult to cast spells without gesturing, the best way to disable a mage without risking killing him is to break his arms.

Source: Logical Weakness
Sydney manages to disable this while waiting for her allies on the outside to break her out.

Source: Literature / Bloodlines
He is deliberately trying to disable it or at least break it — he ends up overloading it.

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