Disable and Stop

Disable

Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

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

Nearby Words: disablement, disabling

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Disable and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disable" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

man	disable man	stop man
guy	disable guy	stop guy
group	disable group	stop group
someone	disable someone	stop someone
Other words: bomb, machine, car, weapon, ship, enemy, attacks, enemies, heroes.

Timed Mission: Keith gets two minutes to figure out how to stop or disable the Death Trap threatening to bisect Lance.

Source: Video Game / The Boogie Man
Worse, this monster is immune to status effects like disable and stop, which would be fine if it didn't have a nasty habit of using suicide attacks at low health.

Source: Rare Random Drop
Most offensive as a mage, as a specific power you might have—Force Field—allows you to stop him, disable his templar powers, and prevent any damage from coming to him all at once.

Source: Cutscene Incompetence

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