verb
(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.
it’s an injury that could disable somebody for life
incapacitate,impair,damage,put out of action,render/make powerless,weaken,enfeeble,debilitate,indispose,make unfit,immobilize,hamstring,paralyse,prostrate,torpefy
verb
(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.
it’s an injury that could disable somebody for life
incapacitate,impair,damage,put out of action,render/make powerless,weaken,enfeeble,debilitate,indispose,make unfit,immobilize,hamstring,paralyse,prostrate,torpefy
verb
cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
developing countries are crippled by their debts
ruin,destroy,wipe out,crush,break,impair,hamstring,hamper,impede,cramp,spoil,sabotage,scotch,scupper,bring to a standstill,paralyse,enfeeble,weaken,render powerless,put out of action,put out of business,bankrupt,make bankrupt,make insolvent,impoverish,reduce to penury,bring someone to their knees,clean out,put the kibosh on,do for,rain on someone’s parade,bring to naught,vitiate,beggar,pauperize
noun
a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.
an emotional cripple
verb
cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
developing countries are crippled by their debts
ruin,destroy,wipe out,crush,break,impair,hamstring,hamper,impede,cramp,spoil,sabotage,scotch,scupper,bring to a standstill,paralyse,enfeeble,weaken,render powerless,put out of action,put out of business,bankrupt,make bankrupt,make insolvent,impoverish,reduce to penury,bring someone to their knees,clean out,put the kibosh on,do for,rain on someone’s parade,bring to naught,vitiate,beggar,pauperize
noun
a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.
an emotional cripple
verb
inhibit the development of.
tighter rules will cramp economic growth
hinder,impede,inhibit,hamper,constrain,hamstring,obstruct,block,thwart,slow,check,arrest,curb,bridle,shackle,encumber,retard,handicap,tie,interfere with,restrict,limit,confine,restrain,set/impose limits on,regulate,control,moderate,cut down on,stymie
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