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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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Recent Examples of crippled
Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Those many months of combat have left Hamas severely weakened, with its leadership eviscerated and its military capabilities crippled.
—Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Removing the rubble had already shut down PCH for months and crippled local businesses, but a rebuild would likely shrink PCH again as heavy equipment navigates the claustrophobic stretch of land.
—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Lysenko’s policies crippled agricultural science in the Soviet Union for decades.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Killing, Corrupting, and Exiling of Science Under Hitler Widely regarded as the world’s research powerhouse in the 1920s and early 30s, German science was crippled by the Nazis starting in 1933, when Hitler gained power as Chancellor.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The crisis has taken a toll on the Cuban population and sparked protests, crippled the economy and affected tourism.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Tony and Ziva race to the scene, finding the place crippled by a power outage followed by a ransom request for 115 million Euros.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
The last time active-duty military was sent to Chicago against the wishes of local officials was on July 4, 1894, according to the archives of the Chicago Tribune, when a labor dispute at a Pullman factory crippled the nation’s rail industry and resulted in days of rioting.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The massive loss of life crippled the Byzantine Empire, weakening its administrative capabilities.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Moments later, the crippled transport slammed into the black sands of Sólheimasandur.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Those many months of combat have left Hamas severely weakened, with its leadership eviscerated and its military capabilities crippled.
—Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2025
Removing the rubble had already shut down PCH for months and crippled local businesses, but a rebuild would likely shrink PCH again as heavy equipment navigates the claustrophobic stretch of land.
—Jason Kravarik, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
This allowed Google to survive the dotcom crash that crippled its competitors.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
Lysenko’s policies crippled agricultural science in the Soviet Union for decades.
—D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Killing, Corrupting, and Exiling of Science Under Hitler Widely regarded as the world’s research powerhouse in the 1920s and early 30s, German science was crippled by the Nazis starting in 1933, when Hitler gained power as Chancellor.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The crisis has taken a toll on the Cuban population and sparked protests, crippled the economy and affected tourism.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Tony and Ziva race to the scene, finding the place crippled by a power outage followed by a ransom request for 115 million Euros.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
The last time active-duty military was sent to Chicago against the wishes of local officials was on July 4, 1894, according to the archives of the Chicago Tribune, when a labor dispute at a Pullman factory crippled the nation’s rail industry and resulted in days of rioting.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
The massive loss of life crippled the Byzantine Empire, weakening its administrative capabilities.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crippled
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Another note that came up in the responses to this question is that everyone, of any age, should make sure that there are plans in place for a friend or relative to take care of the dog if the owner is incapacitated or dies.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
18 Sep. 2025
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By setting up permissions in advance, the agent (individual with the power to act on behalf of someone else) can step in immediately if the account owner is incapacitated.—
Kristin McKenna,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Merchandise purchased with your card may receive purchase protection, which protects eligible items for 90 days from the date of purchase if it is stolen or damaged.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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Hamilton was diagnosed in 2024 with a brain tumor on the left side of her brain, which has also damaged the optic nerve in her left eye.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit accused the airline of negligence by the flight crew, which resulted in the passenger being paralyzed.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Protests erupted across the Philippines and paralyzed the capital Manila on Sunday over a corruption scandal involving flood-control projects in a nation battered by storms and poverty.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The injured man was brought by a private vehicle and died of his injuries.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Additional agents, including a Border Patrol emergency medical technician, arrived on scene to assist with the rescue operation and stabilize the injured man, authorities said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Still, the prospect of a divisive congressional race is ginning up concern that Republicans will exit the primary wounded, with little time to recover before the general election.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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Resurrection, as often as not, means restoration, and one of the festival’s many missions is to showcase, and to explore, the painstaking ways in which wounded films can be healed.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Chiefs began their 2025 campaign with losses to the Chargers and Eagles marred by uncharacteristic mistakes from key players that cost them a chance at a late victory.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
25 Sep. 2025
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The track session on Saturday was marred with red and yellow flags due to the number of incidents, and the intermittent raindrops at the end that put many drivers at risk.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
25 Sep. 2025
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Discord’s most recent transparency report said that the company had disabled 36,966 accounts in the first half of 2024 for promoting violent and graphic content or extremism.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
24 Sep. 2025
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The family gave the news station a tour of the home, showing dirty paw prints and broken appliances and pieces of furniture left in the bear's wake.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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In Maine, the city of Bangor sued Namdar twice last year, first for code violations including a leaking roof and parking lot disrepair at a local mall, then for a broken sewer line, according to the Bangor Daily News.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Crippled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crippled. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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