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Synonyms for crippling

Grammar : Verb
Spell : krip-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪp əl

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Définition of crippling

Origin :
  • Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (cf. Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill). Possibly also related to Old English creopan "to creep" (creopere, literally "creeper," was another Old English word for "crippled person").
  • verb disable; make lame
  • verb hinder action, progress
Example sentences :
  • He tossed Vulcan over a nearby cliff, crippling him for good.
  • Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • And so to her, Richard, your crippling has come to be dearer than any other man's wholeness.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • Who is like unto him in stalking the timid doe and in crippling the fleeing boar?
  • Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Long before she died I had almost hated her for crippling my ambition.
  • Extract from : « Tongues of Conscience » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • Crippling its strength would not avail, for that had been already tried.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • But to dispose of him would be to deal them a crippling blow.'
  • Extract from : « The Devil in Iron » by Robert E. Howard
  • After that crippling blow, St. Augustine was left destitute.
  • Extract from : « The Building of Castello de San Marcos » by Albert C. Manucy
  • The destruction is a great deal to me in crippling our adversary.
  • Extract from : « Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 7 (of 20) » by Charles Sumner
  • It was ugly, but not crippling, and it was already starting to clot.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Skull » by John Blaine
  • Instead of crippling the nation, they succeeded only in alerting it.
  • Extract from : « The Last Gentleman » by Rory Magill

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