cripples
Meaning of cripples
verb, 3rd person present
- cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally.
developing countries are crippled by their debts
he was crippled by self-doubt during his career
interest rates rose to a crippling 13 per cent
- cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally.
a young student was crippled for life
- a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind.
an emotional cripple
- a person who is unable to walk or move normally through disability or because of injury to their back or legs.
Old English: from two words, crypel and crēopel, both of Germanic origin and related to creep.
Information about cripples
- The singular form of cripples is: cripple.
- Languages in which cripples is used:
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Hyphenation of cripples
crip-ples
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- cripples is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
cripples synonyms
Meaning reduce to a state of poverty:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning destroy the power of (a movement or organization):
Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):
Meaning cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning inhibit the development of:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage:
Meaning decisively put an end to:
Meaning a hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck:
Meaning make weak or feeble:
Meaning make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength:
Meaning reduce (a person or organization) to bankruptcy:
Meaning make (a person or area) poor:
Meaning spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of:
Meaning reduce (someone) to poverty:
Meaning make very poor; impoverish:
Meaning (of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities:
Meaning prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal:
Meaning prevent from functioning in a normal way:
Meaning make (someone) very weak and infirm:
Meaning wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged:
Meaning inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function:
Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):
Meaning make (someone or something) numb, paralysed, or lifeless:
cripples antonyms
Meaning help or encourage (something) to increase or improve:
Anagrams of cripples
Words that rhyme with cripples
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