Disable
Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Usage example: a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
Hammer and disable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hammer" instead a verb "Disable".
Nearby Words: disablement, disabling
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In comes Thor who uses his hammer to disable the army's tank and teleport The Hulk from Mount Rushmore to New York.
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Sure, before giving it to Vulkan, he does disable the "teleport" function of the hammer, but forgets to disable its function of, well, a hammer, leading to Vulkan laying an impressive smackdown on him.
Source: Literature / Horus Heresy
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Hammer and Disable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hammer
Disable & Hammer. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hammer>.
Hammer or Disable. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hammer.
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