Disable
Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Hack and disable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hack" instead a verb "Disable".
Nearby Words: disablement, disabling
Hack
Hack verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.
Common collocations
| device | disable device | hack device |
| devices | disable devices | hack devices |
| control | disable control | hack control |
| field | disable field | hack field |
| Other words: system, equipment, way, machine, computer, ship, electronics, opponent, enemy, camera, vehicles, guns, enemies, systems, machines, doors, turrets, robots, cameras. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Marines due to possessing an invincible energy shield, and is only defeated at the end of the game via Applied Phlebotinum that allows the scientist girl to hack his shield and disable it.
Source: Video Game / Crysis -
Keller muses about how to hack into the security system and disable the various systems one-by-one.
Source: Stating the Simple Solution - With the default Battlesuit, the player could simply hack into a Mech to disable it and immediately switch over with no indication of what happened to the original warm body inside.
Source: Grand Theft Prototype
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