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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in beating, mayhem
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crippling
verbpresent participle of cripple
Synonyms & Antonyms of crippling (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to cause severe or permanent injury to
- the car crash may have crippled two people for life
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- bashing,
- beating,
- belting,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thumping
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2
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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3
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
- a wave of strikes crippled that nation's steel industry
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