Disable
Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Hold and disable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hold" instead a verb "Disable".
Nearby Words: disablement, disabling
Hold
Hold verb - To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.
Usage example: About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Radiant Silvergun and its Spiritual Successor Ikaruga disable your weapons for the very final phase of the Final Boss, forcing you to hold out for 60 seconds.
Source: No-Gear Level -
It allows you to, amongst other things, Booby Trap and disable strategic points, making up for the army's poor ability to hold on to captured ground.
Source: Video Game / Company of Heroes -
But once they make it to the device, they realize one of them will have to hold it in their mouth to escape, which will disable their echolocation and make navigation impossible.
Source: Violence Is the Only Option
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Hold and Disable. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hold
Disable & Hold. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hold>.
Hold or Disable. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/disable/hold.
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