Disable and Lower

Disable

Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

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

Nearby Words: disablement, disabling

Lower verb - To cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally.

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Disable and lower are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disable" instead a verb "Lower".

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

man	disable man	lower man
weapon	disable weapon	lower weapon
shield	disable shield	lower shield
target	disable target	lower target
Other words: gun, camera, attacks, defenses, weapons, guns, shields.

Herd-Hitting Attack: Multiple examples, from the expected grenades and explosives, to psi-attacks that can hit multiple enemies and do more damage for lower Will scores, to the Codex's rift that will disable all weapons in an area and then create an explosion the next turn.

Source: Video Game / XCOM 2
The Mech would sometimes spontaneous eject the pilot when hit in the lower torsonote a joke about the Mauler toy from the BattleTech cartoon, which had an ejection button in the pelvic area, which caused the frustrated pilots to disable the auto-eject (which still failed to correct the issue).

Source: Flawed Prototype

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