as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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Recent Examples of paralytic
The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global campaign to wipe out the paralytic disease.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Caplan, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, contracted paralytic polio as a child in 1957.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
In 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness that permanently paralyzed his legs.
—New Atlas, 9 June 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global campaign to wipe out the paralytic disease.
—CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
Caplan, founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, contracted paralytic polio as a child in 1957.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 8 July 2025
In 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness that permanently paralyzed his legs.
—New Atlas, 9 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for paralytic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralytic
Adjective
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Parents reorganizing their lives around a paralyzed son made complete sense to me.—
Coley Gallagher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Cuba’s sugar industry is nearly paralyzed because there is no diesel for the tractors and trucks needed to harvest and transport cane to the mills.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Users who register as younger than 13 will automatically get a Cabined Account that requires parental consent via email and voice/text chat, spending money and custom display names are disabled unless a parent provides consent.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
4 Feb. 2026
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These individuals are often left destitute, disabled, and in chronic pain from medically unnecessary procedures.—
Elizabeth Heck,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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