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crippling 1 of 2

noun

Definition of cripplingnext
as in harm

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crippling

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verb

present participle of cripple
1
as in incapacitating
to cause severe or permanent injury to the car crash may have crippled two people for life

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2
as in damaging
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
as in paralyzing
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 Synonyms for crippling
  1. harm
  2. paralyzing
  3. mutilation
  4. disabling
  5. undermining
  6. injury
  7. injuring
  8. detriment
Noun
  • This has included implementing historic measures to prevent civilian harm, such as advanced alerts to provide early warning and temporary evacuations, daily pauses of fighting, distributing maps to civilians, using precision weapons, as well are facilitating daily provision of aid.
    Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The effort could also provide more of an international perspective on AI harms.
    Will Knight, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of harm
Verb
  • Already this year, corporate giants like AT&T, Ticketmaster and United Health have suffered paralyzing cyberattacks, and now, businesses are bracing for the holidays, a time when many cybersecurity operations rely on skeleton staffing.
    Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The anxiety of overloading your skin with products can be paralyzing.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of paralyzing
Noun
  • Her prison records also reveal that she was sanctioned for drugs and mutilation.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Yes, as in Martin’s novels and HBO’s adaptations, there are betrayals, mutilations, retaliations, sudden deaths, miraculous reverses, plots and counterplots.
    Matthew Keeley, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Definition of mutilation
Verb
  • Although this type of stroke only accounts for 13% of strokes in the US, ICH strokes can be disabling and fatal.
    Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Vaccination has prevented billions of children from contracting this disabling and life-threatening disease and is the only way to wipe out polio completely.
    Cynthia Tully, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of disabling
Verb
  • Telecom companies and federal regulators were asleep on the job and as a result, Americans’ calls, messages, and phone records have been accessed by foreign spies intent on undermining our national security.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • During the past 18 months, Johnson eliminated 456 Police Department vacancies, stunting any potential growth in ranks and canceled police academy training classes, further undermining the department’s future capability.
    Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of undermining
Noun
  • Ball, a second-team All-Rookie selection back in the 2017-18 season who is joined in the NBA by Charlotte guard LaMelo, is happy to be back on his court but his happiness isn't enough to prevent him from fretting about how much time he's missed due to injury.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rediscovering the running game could take pressure off the Chargers’ limited passing attack that might be without its top receiver because Ladd McConkey is nursing hip and shoulder injuries.
    Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of injury
Verb
  • Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man charged with breaking into a home in a Philadelphia suburb, fatally shooting a 25-year-old man and injuring a woman.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • During his appearance on the podcast, Freeman also spoke about injuring himself on the set of David Fincher's thriller movie, Se7en.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of injuring
Noun
  • Yes, losing the game would make it ultimately a detriment to have made the game.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Popular on Variety To the narrative’s detriment, the film doesn’t stray far from the safe confines of outdated formulas, wherein a city dweller finds love in a small town and workaholics are chided for choosing a career over love.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of detriment
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