cripple

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It also jeopardizes global crop yields—gas is a vital fertilizer feedstock—and could cripple semiconductor production by slashing helium supply, a natural gas byproduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Our goal is to liberate the Iranian people in a fashion that does not cripple their chance to start a new and better life when this regime collapses," Graham wrote on X.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Economic sanctions have helped to cripple its economy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Analysts warn that permanent layoffs could cripple key agencies and deepen dysfunction in an already strained federal system.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

Her hands trembled and she pressed them together to make them stop, for Kapugen had taught her that fear can so cripple a person that he cannot think or act.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George