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adjective

Definition of cripplednext
as in disabled

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crippled

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verb

past tense of cripple
1
as in incapacitated
to cause severe or permanent injury to the car crash may have crippled two people for life

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as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the collision so severely crippled the ship that it had to be towed into port

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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move a wave of strikes crippled that nation's steel industry

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“Crippled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crippled. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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