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cripple
Synonyms and Antonyms of cripple
1
to cause severe or permanent injury to
dismember, hamstring, hobble, paralyze
batter, bruise, bung up, mangle, maul, rough (up)
break, damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure
bash, beat, belt, bludgeon, buffet, drub, hammer, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, paste, pelt, pommel, pound, pummel, thump
bang, box, hit, punch, slap, smack, smash, sock, spank, swat, swipe, thrash, thwack, whack
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
3
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
Synonym Discussion of cripple
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- maimed by a shark
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- crippled for life in an accident
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- a tree mutilated by inept pruning
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- an old ship battered by fierce storms
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- a soldier's leg mangled by shrapnel
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