Sentence examples for try to disable from inspiring English sources

WikiLeaks said that PayPal had "surrendered to U.S. government pressure," but the government has not acknowledged involvement in efforts to try to disable the site.

Setting up a passcode to lock the screen can sometimes slow down thieves who may try to disable the tracking app.

Two journalists who were ahead of me, farther up the road, said that a company commander told his men to hold their fire until the snipers had taken a few shots, to try to disable the vehicles without killing the passengers.

Did you try to disable the person [by aiming at the leg, for instance]," Mr Surju says.

The adversary, the copyright pirates in the case of fingerprinting, will try to disable the watermark by creating an attacked copy which is perceptually equivalent to, but where the watermark cannot be correctly interpreted.

Said soldat can then use the robotic arm, which can lift up to 100 pounds, to try to disable a bomb or move it to a safer location.

They are trying to disable two agencies they hate, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the National Labor Relations Board, by refusing to allow confirmation votes on any nominees to run them.

The rebels at first tried to disable the planes with haphazard gunfire; then someone shouted, "Hit the fuel tank," and the aircraft erupted in flames.

Each player tried to disable as many opponents as possible with the stick he carried and afterward concentrate on scoring a goal.

But a few minutes zooming on your Sparrow vehicle and you're actually there, up on top of the guns, trying to disable them.

(AP) — A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter during a deadly chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected that it was being used to smuggle drugs, the authorities said.