crippling

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

crippling - that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury" disabling, incapacitating unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"

Translations

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj [injury etc] → debilitador(a); [prices, taxes] → devastador(a)

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj [disease] → handicapant(e); [taxation, debts] → écrasant(e)

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] cripple adj (disease) → schwer;

(taxation, debts) → erdrückend

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj [taxes, debts] → esorbitante; [disease] → molto debilitante