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cripple
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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.

[Middle English crepel, from Old English crypel.]

crippler n.

cripple [ˈkrɪpəl]
n
1. Offensive a person who is lame
2. Offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way a mental cripple
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US dialect a dense thicket, usually in marshy land
vb
(tr) to make a cripple of; disable
[Old English crypel; related to crēopan to creep, Old Frisian kreppel a cripple, Middle Low German kröpel]
crippler  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cripple - someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or backcripple - 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
Verb1.cripple - deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
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"
maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"
hamstring - cripple by cutting the hamstring

cripple
verb
1. disable, paralyse, lame, debilitate, mutilate, maim, incapacitate, enfeeble, weaken, hamstring He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life.
2. damage, destroy, ruin, bring to a standstill, halt, spoil, cramp, impair, put paid to, vitiate, put out of action A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy.
damage help, further, aid, advance, promote, ease, assist, facilitate, fast-track, expedite, assist the progress of
Translations
cripple [ˈkrɪpl]
A. N (lame) → cojo/a m/f, lisiado/a m/f; (disabled) → minusválido/a m/f; (maimed) → mutilado/a m/f
he's an emotional crippletiene serios traumas
B. VT
1. (physically) → lisiar, mutilar
2. (fig) [+ ship, plane] → inutilizar; [+ production, exports] → paralizar

cripple [ˈkrɪpəl]
n (lame)boiteux/euse m/f; (disabled)infirme mf
vt
(physically) [+ person] → handicaper; [+ limb] → handicaper
[+ person] (emotionally) [shyness] → bloquer; (financially)handicaper
[+ ship, plane] → immobiliser
[war, debt, strikes] [+ economy, industry, production, exports] → paralyser; [+ country, region] → paralyser

cripple
nKrüppel m
vt personzum Krüppel machen; arm, legs etcverkrüppeln; ship, planeaktionsunfähig machen; (fig) industry, exportslahmlegen, lähmen; personlähmen; the ship was crippleddas Schiff war nicht mehr aktionsfähig; crippled with rheumatismvon Rheuma praktisch gelähmt; to be crippled for lifelebenslang ein Krüppel sein; to be emotionally crippledein emotionaler Krüppel sein

cripple [ˈkrɪpl]
1. n (lame) → zoppo/a; (disabled) → invalido/a; (maimed) → mutilato/a
2. vt
a.rendere invalido/a
crippled with arthritis → invalido/a per l'artrite
b. (production, exports) → paralizzare

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 불구가 되다 (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
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 무능하게 되다 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 削弱 нашкодити كمزور بنانا làm lụn bại 使
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 불구자 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


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