as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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Recent Examples of paralytic
In 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness that permanently paralyzed his legs.
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New Atlas, 9 June 2025
During this six-month period, mussels may have naturally occurring toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid biotoxins, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
Two others are blooming, including Alexandrium, which creates saxitoxin and causes paralytic shellfish poisoning that can be harmful to marine mammals and humans, and Akashiwo sanguinea, which can cause hypothermia in sea birds.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paralytic
New Atlas, 9 June 2025
During this six-month period, mussels may have naturally occurring toxins that can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning and domoic acid biotoxins, also known as amnesic shellfish poisoning.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
Two others are blooming, including Alexandrium, which creates saxitoxin and causes paralytic shellfish poisoning that can be harmful to marine mammals and humans, and Akashiwo sanguinea, which can cause hypothermia in sea birds.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralytic
Adjective
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That fortune extended to Rice himself, who could have been maimed or paralyzed or otherwise unable to walk away.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 July 2025
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At the wedding of one of her clients, matchmaker Lucy knows just what to ask when the bride-to-be becomes paralyzed by trepidation.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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The work requirements don’t apply to beneficiaries who are pregnant, disabled, a child, a senior, a parent of a child younger than 14, or those who are caretakers for others.—
Jeremy Nighohossian,
Boston Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
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Bowen Tower Apartments, located at 6140 Raytown Road, is a 92-unit building that houses mostly elderly and disabled people.—
PJ Green
August 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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