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HTML

<div>
    <ul>
     <li><a href="#">hello</a></li>
     <li><a href="#">hello</a></li>
     <li><a href="#">hi</a></li>
       <li><a href="#">hmm</a></li> 
    
    </ul>    
</div>

JavaScript

$( "li:contains('hi')" ).css( "pointer-events", "none" );