disenfranchising

verb

present participle of disenfranchise
as in disqualifying

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  1. disabling
  2. forbidding
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  • For the majority of people with schizophrenia, however, the condition is persistent, disabling and isolating.
    — Matthew Kurtz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Iran targeted that base with a missile attack, partly disabling it.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of disabling
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  • This is the same genius who just a few months ago gave all these scooter riders the freedom to go down one-way streets the wrong way, not having to stop for red lights or stop signs, by forbidding police from writing criminal summonses to them.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The castle moniker invokes brooding keeps, defensive towers and forbidding stone.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of forbidding
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“Disenfranchising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disenfranchising. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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