cripple

crip·ple  (krpl)

n.

1. A person or animal that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.

2. A damaged or defective object or device.

tr.v. crip·pled, crip·pling, crip·ples

1. To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs.

2. To disable, damage, or impair the functioning of: a strike that crippled the factory.

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[Middle English crepel, from Old English crypel.]

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crippler n.

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cripple

Noun

offensive

1. a person who is lame or disabled

2. a person with a mental or social problem: an emotional cripple

Verb

[-pling, -pled]

1. to make a cripple of

2. to damage (something) [Old English crypel]

crippled adj
crippling adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cripple - someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" crookback, humpback, hunchback - a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
Verb	1.	cripple - deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work" stultify weaken - lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"
	2.	cripple - deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" lame maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" hamstring - cripple by cutting the hamstring

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cripple

verb 1. disable, paralyse, lame, debilitate, mutilate, maim, incapacitate, enfeeble, weaken, hamstring

verb 2. damage, destroy, ruin, bring to a standstill, halt, spoil, cramp, impair, put paid to, vitiate, put out of action << OPPOSITE help

Translations

cripple [ˈkrɪpl] n → lisiado/a, cojo/a

vt → lisiar, mutilar [+ ship, plane]; inutilizar [+ production, exports]; paralizar;

crippled with arthritis → paralizado por la artritis

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cripple [ˈkrɪpl] n → boiteux/euse, infirme m/f

vt [+ person] → estropier, paralyser [+ ship, plane]; immobiliser [+ production, exports]; paralyser;

crippled with rheumatism → perclus(e) de rhumatismes

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cripple [ˈkrɪpl] n → Krüppel m

vt → zum Krüppel machen;

(ship, plane) → aktionsunfähig machen;

(production, exports) → lahmlegen, lähmen;

crippled with rheumatism → von Rheuma praktisch gelähmt

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cripple [ˈkrɪpl] n → zoppo/a

vt → azzoppare [+ ship, plane]; avariare [+ production, exports]; rovinare;

crippled with arthritis → sciancato/a per l'artrite

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cripple

v cripple [ˈkripl]

1 to make lame or disabled He was crippled by a fall from a horse. kreupel, kruppel يَكسَح، يُقْعِـد осакатявам zmrzačit lamme; invalidere zum Krüppel machen σακατεύω lisiado, mutilado, inválido sandistama معلول شدن؛ چلاق شدن rampauttaa estropier לַעֲשוֹתוֹ נֵכֶה अपाहिज करना osakatiti megbénít pincang bækla azzoppare, storpiare かたわにする 절름발이［불구자］로 만들다 (su)luošinti, (su)žaloti []kropļot tempang kreupel maken gjøre til krøpling, bli ufør, forkrøple, lamme okaleczyć aleijar(-se) a schi­lodi (по)калечить(ся) zmrzačiť pohabiti (se) obogaljiti göra till krympling, lemlästa ทำให้พิการ sakat bırakmak, kötürüm etmek 使跛 калічити; позбавляти працездатності لنگ‍ڑا کر درینا làm què quặt 使跛

2 to make less strong, less efficient etc The war has crippled the country's economy. geknak يَشِـل отслабвам ochromit svække lahmlegen αποδυναμώνω paralizar, estropear, debilitar halvama فلج کردن؛ از کار انداختن lamaannuttaa paralyser לְהַחֲלִיש व्यर्थ बना देना oslabiti megnyomorít melumpuhkan lama; skemma paralizzare, rendere inefficiente そこなう 무력하게 만들다; 망치다 susilpninti, padaryti žalos sakropļot; padarīt nederīgu melumpuhkan lamleggen lamme osłabiać danificar a para­liza наносить урон ochromiť ohromiti paralizovati lamslå, förstöra ทำให้ใช้การไม่ได้ belini bükmek, felce uğratmak 使削弱 нашкодити كمزور بنانا làm lụn bại 使削弱

n

a lame or disabled person He's been a cripple since the car accident. kreupele, verlamde كَسيح، مُقْعَـد инвалид mrzák invalid; krøbling der Krüppel ανάπηρος inválido, lisiado, mutilado vigane آدم معلول؛ چلاق raajarikko invalide נֵכֶה लंगड़ा मनुष्य invalid nyomorék invalid bæklaður-/hreyfihamlaður maður zoppo, storpio 不具者 절름발이, 신체 장애자 luošys, invalidas kroplis; invalīds kurang upaya invalide krøpling, ufør person kaleka aleijado infirm калека invalid pohabljenec bogalj krympling คนพิการ topal, sakat, kötürüm 跛子 каліка; інвалід لنگ‍ڑا يا معذور شخص người què quặt 跛子