crippled

Example Sentences

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“Those measures were valuable in the last bird-flu outbreak, when Cal-Maine largely avoided the severe flock losses that crippled many competitors.”

From Barron's

The therapy can prevent children from becoming crippled by the time they’re teenagers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The drinks company published a statement on its investigation into the ransomware attack, which had crippled its operations across its factories in Japan and forced employees to take orders by pen and paper.

From BBC

All of the new structures were designed to catch any radioactive debris that might be knocked loose as workers dismantled the crippled reactors and moved fuel from their storage pools to a safer location.

From Literature

Mali's fuel shortage is also exacerbating severe and recurrent power outages that have crippled the economy for the past five years.

From Barron's