verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a disabled toilet British English (= one for disabled people )
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Is there a disabled toilet?
be registered (as) unemployed/disabled etc British English (= be on an official list of a particular group )
physically disabled
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The attack left her physically disabled.
severely disabled/injured
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An unnecessary operation left him severely disabled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
mentally
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Courts have also upheld the dismissal of teachers who are mentally disabled .
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Effective, too, is Mare Winningham as Sheila, a mentally disabled woman whom Norman is courting with irresistible naivete.
permanently
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Dozens of others were seriously wounded or left permanently disabled .
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It is assumed that all permanently disabled male workers who survived until 1966 are included in the above table.
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A cash sum of up to £80,000 if you are permanently disabled as the result of an accident.
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Also, if you become totally and permanently disabled , you can tap your retirement savings at any age without penalty.
physically
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Also patron of beggars, hermits, horses, the physically disabled , and the woods.
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Physically disabled students, some of whom wear diapers, are changed in a room that has no hot water.
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I had a man who was retarded and who was also severely disabled physically .
severely
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They may have to care for a severely disabled child with very little help.
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Three schools said their only limits were on severely disabled students.
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For example, it enables the more severely disabled to adapt equipment, such as computers, to meet their needs.
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All 4 groups of severely disabled children need-and deserve to have-proper care and support.
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He could hold on to office even though so severely disabled as to be unable to lead.
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I had a man who was retarded and who was also severely disabled physically.
■ NOUN
people
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Time is also spent helping elderly and disabled people .
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But she remained active in the disabled rights group Capitol People First.
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Able-bodied people , he says, believe the problems disabled people have to overcome are predominantly physical.
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The group of volunteers has designed more than 2, 000 devices to help disabled people .
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But disabled people believe the biggest obstacles they face are mental ones-the prejudices and thoughtlessness of able-bodied people.
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It was a gimmick I used years ago to write about disabled people .
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Why do disable people need medicine?
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The original purpose of the law was to help disabled people enter the workforce.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the disabled
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Doors should be wide enough to provide access for the disabled .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don had been permanently disabled in a car accident.
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Somehow, the robbers were able to disable the gallery's alarm system.
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The robbers had disabled the bank's security system.
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The tank's navigational system had been disabled during a grenade attack.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Car-owners disable their vehicles every time they park.
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First, there was the groin strain that put him on the disabled list from April 28-May 12.