cripple
Từ điển Collocation
cripple verb
1 injure
ADV. for life, permanently As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life.
PHRASES be crippled with He's eighty and crippled with arthritis. | leave sb crippled The disease left him crippled.
2 damage
ADV. financially The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
v.
- deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; stultify
This measure crippled our efforts
Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; lame
The accident has crippled her for life
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
cripples|crippled|crippling
syn.: damage disable injure weaken
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