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View definitions for crippled

crippled

adjective as in disabled, maimed

adjective as in damaged; not working

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On Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had crippled Iranian air defence and missile production systems.

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"We lost, over a period of two years, in excess of £50,000, which has just crippled us," Mr Richardson said.

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Netanyahu can conclude he is on a roll, Hamas is irreparably crippled, and “we should double down on fighting and continue this endless war.”

Despite the Tories being in office for 14 years, she argues that increases in government regulations and public spending have crippled economic growth and polarised the country.

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Exhausted with the British Empire impressing American sailors into military service and refusing to accept United States neutrality in its conflict with France, Jefferson imposed a general trade embargo that crippled the New England economy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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