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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) a person or animal that is lame or otherwise physically impaired.
The horse became a cripple after losing one of its legs.- similar words:
- amputee, invalid, paralytic, paraplegic
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| definition 2: |
(old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) a person who is mentally or emotionally disabled or impaired.
Not being able to answer any of the test questions made me feel like a mental cripple.- synonyms:
- retardate
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
cripples, crippling, crippled |
| definition 1: |
to cause lameness or disability in.
The car accident crippled him for life.- synonyms:
- disable, incapacitate, lame, maim
- similar words:
- damage, debilitate, deform, devitalize, enervate, hamstring, hurt, mangle, mutilate, paralyze
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| definition 2: |
to damage or impair.
Competition with the chain store that moved into town crippled their business.The intense flooding crippled the city.- synonyms:
- damage, disable, impair, maim, paralyze
- similar words:
- debilitate, destroy, enervate, harm, injure, ruin, weaken
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| related words: |
batter, break, punish, sabotage, trouble |
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| derivation: |
crippler (n.) |
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