Entry Word: paralyze

Function: verb

Meaning: to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move <a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days>

Synonyms cripple, disable, hamstring, immobilize, incapacitate, prostrate

Related Words attenuate, debilitate, enfeeble, sap, undermine, weaken; hobble, lame; maim, mutilate

Near Antonyms energize, galvanize, vitalize; fortify, strengthen; empower; refresh, rejuvenate, restore