VERB | change | cripple, stultify | deprive of strength or efficiency |
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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 | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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