| VERB | change | cripple, stultify | deprive of strength or efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| body | cripple, lame | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | |
| NOUN | person | cripple | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back |
| Sounds | krih'pahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | humpback, hunchback, crookback | A person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | baldado, coja, cojo, disminuido, impedido, lisiado, mutilado, tullido, tunco | |
| Catalan | esguerrat, mutilat | |
| Verbs | cripple | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg |
| Meaning | deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This measure crippled our efforts" | |
| Synonym | stultify | |
| Broader | weaken | lessen the strength of |
| Spanish | incapacitar, inutilizar, invalidar, lisiar, mutilar, tullir | |
| Catalan | esgarriar, esguerrar, incapacitar | |
| Meaning | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The accident has crippled her for life" | |
| Synonym | lame | |
| Narrower | hamstring | cripple by cutting the hamstring |
| Broader | maim | injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation |
| Spanish | incapacitar, tullir | |
| Catalan | afollar, incapacitar | |
| Nouns | cripple | someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back |
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