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- Dictionarycripple/ˈkrɪpl/
verb
- 1. cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally: "developing countries are crippled by their debts" Similar Opposite
- 2. cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally: "a young student was crippled for life" Similar
noun
- 1. a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind: "an emotional cripple"
- 2. a person who is unable to walk or move normally through disability or because of injury to their back or legs. dated, offensive
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to cause severe damage to something so that it cannot operate effectively: High interest rates are crippling our business. a country crippled by war. computing specialized. to prevent software or a device from working normally, usually intentionally in order to make the user pay for more software, for another device, etc.:
noun. crip· ple ˈkri-pəl. plural cripples. Synonyms of cripple. 1. a. offensive : a lame or partly disabled person or animal. b. : someone who is disabled or deficient in a specified manner. a social cripple. 2. : something flawed or imperfect. cripple. 2 of 3. adjective. offensive. : being disabled, flawed, or imperfect. cripple. 3 of 3. verb.
cripple, disable mean to injure to a degree that interferes with normal activities. To cripple is to injure in such a way as to deprive of the use of a member, particularly a leg. disable, a more general word, implies any such illness, injury, or impairment: disabled by an attack of malaria; disabled by a wound.
Cripple definition: a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs.. See examples of CRIPPLE used in a sentence.
Definition of cripple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To cripple is to leave someone unable to walk. Terrible car accidents, for example, can sometimes cripple their victims. Use the verb cripple to describe what is done to a person whose legs are so badly injured that they can't be used.
n. 1. offensive a person who is lame. 2. offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way: a mental cripple. 3. (Physical Geography) dialect US a dense thicket, usually in marshy land. vb. (tr) to make a cripple of; disable.
