cripple
Example Sentences
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Farmers are paying "crippling increases" in the cost of essential fertiliser and fuel as the global price of oil rises.
From BBC
U.S. administrations have prodded global semiconductor companies, like Taiwanese giant TSMC, to build chip factories in the U.S., so that a conflict in Asia wouldn’t cripple U.S. industry.
We “took” Cuba before President Kennedy initiated his crippling embargo in 1962.
From Los Angeles Times
He says he believes the system has improved access to university for disadvantaged students, and that it's a "pet peeve" to hear discussions of it being a "crippling loan", or like a mortgage.
From BBC
When Richard the Lionheart led crusades to the Middle East they were funded by crippling taxes at home.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
