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cripple: someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back; deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"; deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

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immobilize collapse: cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic"; convert (assets) into fixed capital; make defenseless; hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital

de energize collapse

inactivate collapse: make inactive; "they deactivated the file"

handicapped collapse

eviscerate collapse: having been disembowelled; take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"; remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"

dismember collapse: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"; divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

emasculate collapse: remove the testicles of a male animal; deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law"

mayhem collapse: the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

incapacitate collapse

disarm collapse: remove offensive capability from; take away the weapons from; render harmless; make less hostile; win over; "Her charm disarmed the prosecution lawyer completely"

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

kibosh collapse

devitalize collapse: sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"

weigh down collapse: be oppressive or disheartening to

disable collapse: injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"; make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

ensnarl collapse

incapable collapse: not meeting requirements; "unequal to the demands put upon him"; (followed by `of') lacking capacity or ability; "incapable of carrying a tune"; "he is incapable of understanding the matter"; "incapable of doing the work"; (followed by `of') not having the temperament or inclination for; "simply incapable of lying"; lacking the necessary skill or knowledge etc.; "an incapable helper"

entwine collapse

enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

entrap collapse

hamstring collapse: one of the tendons at the back of the knee; cripple by cutting the hamstring; make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules"

enmesh collapse: entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

demoralize collapse: confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

unnerve collapse

paralytic collapse: a person suffering from paralysis; affected or subject to with paralysis; relating to or of the nature of paralysis; "paralytic symptoms"

castrate collapse

deplete collapse

enervate collapse: weaken mentally or morally

encumber collapse

deform collapse: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy"; become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"; make formless; "the heat deformed the plastic sculpture"

undermine collapse

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

debilitate collapse

extenuate collapse: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

paralyze collapse: cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"; make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

take the edge off collapse

lame collapse: a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"

maim collapse: injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

soften up collapse

lime collapse: the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees; any of various related trees bearing limes; cover with lime so as to induce growth; "lime the lawn"

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