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as in disabled
affected with paralysis
special ramps for paralyzed people in wheelchairs
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as in helpless
unable to act or achieve one's purpose
a seemingly paralyzed mayor sat by as the city's crime rate soared
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as in crippled
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
a blizzard paralyzed the city for two days
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as in frightened
to deprive of courage or confidence
the school board is paralyzed by the threat of lawsuits for just about everything
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Recent Examples of paralyzed
Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Your stomach isn’t literally paralyzed — but it’s slowed down enough to cause real problems.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
One young man was paralyzed from the waist down and the other was left with life-altering injuries, according to two eyewitnesses.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Adjective
McConnell has always appeared to have a somewhat unsteady gate — a childhood bout of polio left him with a partially paralyzed leg.
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Eric McDaniel,
NPR,
14 June 2026
Your stomach isn’t literally paralyzed — but it’s slowed down enough to cause real problems.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2026
Verb
His character was paralyzed in a shooting, later becoming the first TV detective to use a wheelchair.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
One young man was paralyzed from the waist down and the other was left with life-altering injuries, according to two eyewitnesses.
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Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge,
The Dial,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralyzed
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The law that approved free enrollment for certain disabled veterans also provides for free PreCheck for Gold Star families and a $25 discount on the fee for active servicemembers and their spouses.
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There are 32 parking spaces and 2 disabled parking spots within the plaza, Satvinder said.
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But when his son Naseer was born in May 2025, Ajas Ahmed had never felt so helpless.
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Over the course of a 60-yard run, Maradona danced past opponents, escaped challenges and left English defenders helpless before beating the goalkeeper with a clinical finish.
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This comes at a dire time for Venezuela, which is still deep in political and financial crisis – being led by an interim government after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, and facing an economy crippled by years of hyperinflation.
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Aegon, who was burned and crippled in Season 2, fled with Larys Strong (Matthew Needham), leaving his cruel, one-eyed brother Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) to sit on the Iron Throne.
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But her outbursts frightened the children too.
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What frightened me most was what might happen to my children.
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Assuming that the account in her journal is true, her father goes out and drinks himself into a ‘paralytic’ state.
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He was injected with the three-drug mix of an anesthetic, a paralytic and potassium acetate, which stops the heart.
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Depressed wages, a weak currency and hyperinflation have continued to make life difficult for ordinary Venezuelans, many of whom struggle to afford basic goods.
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There, the Sox scored on a weak, off-line throw from shallow left fielder José Caballero.
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Airbus UpNext's DragonFly project is developing AI that manages complex emergencies autonomously when the crew is incapacitated.
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According to the law enforcement investigation, Garcia activated her Taser seven times in a row in about a minute, with the State Patrol concluding that three to four of those activations occurred after Tomlinson was already incapacitated by the initial Taser deployments.
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The powerful tremor terrified Caracas residents inside their homes.
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This is a necessary evil of the apron era, with teams terrified of going into the first- and second-apron payroll thresholds to retain their rosters.
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“Paralyzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralyzed. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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