Disable
Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.
Usage example: a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash
Lick and disable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lick" instead a verb "Disable".
Nearby Words: disablement, disabling
Lick
Lick verb - To strike repeatedly.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He then decides to completely disable him, asking if he has a lick-em-aid stick to cause deafness and tweezers and shoelaces to alter his central nervous system and render him unable to "Fine Tune his Sensitivity to Vibrations"... Then realizes he might become an Olfactory Ninja.
Source: Noodle Implements
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