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cripple
verb as in physically disable
Example Sentences
“He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.”
“In that time when we were trying to find ourselves, Harley developed a crippling stage anxiety and I became a drug addict, basically,” Stephens said.
A drive to expel every undocumented immigrant would deprive California of more than 7% of its workforce, potentially cripple agriculture and construction, divide families and disrupt communities.
“And it certainly contributed to my absolutely crippling nerves for the first couple of months that we shot. I just was so aware that opportunities like this don’t come around a lot.”
When Hannah began sitting exams at school, at the age of 10, she started to experience panic attacks and "crippling anxiety".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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