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crippling

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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.

crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ]
adj
damaging or injurious
cripplingly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.crippling - that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury"
unhealthful - detrimental to good health; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint"
Translations
crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] ADJ [disease] → que conduce a la parálisis; [blow, defect] → muy grave, muy severo; [taxes, debts] → abrumador, agobiante
crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj
(physically) [disease, injury] → handicapant(e)
(emotionally) [shyness, fear] → maladif/ive
[taxation, debts] → écrasant(e); [strike] → paralysant(e); [losses] → écrasant(e)
a crippling blow to the government → un coup de massue pour le gouvernement, un vrai coup dur pour le gouvernement
crippling
adj painlähmend; guilt, depressionlähmend; taxes, repaymentserdrückend; strikesalles lähmend attr; a crippling diseaseein Leiden, das einen bewegungsunfähig macht; a crippling blow (lit, fig)ein schwerer Schlag
crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj (disease) → che provoca invalidità; (taxes, debts) → esorbitante
crippling [ˈkrɪplɪŋ] adj (disease) → che provoca invalidità; (taxes, debts) → esorbitante


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It must be noted that this flattening of the head has something in it of aristocratical significancy, like the crippling of the feet among the Chinese ladies of quality.
At first I did not realize their blindness, and struck furiously at them with my bar, in a frenzy of fear, as they approached me, killing one and crippling several more.
But the territorial possessions of the Church and her temporal power, which seemingly made her position yet stronger, ended by crippling and weakening her action.
 
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