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