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cripple
This term carries a heavy emotional weight and is frequently perceived as offensive or derogatory when used as a noun to describe a person. In modern social contexts, it has been largely replaced by person-first language, such as person with a disability, to avoid reducing an individual to their physical limitation.
When used as a verb, the word shifts from a personal descriptor to a functional one. It describes the total breakdown of a system or the severe impairment of a capacity. In economic or political discourse, it suggests a blow so devastating that recovery is slow or impossible, emphasizing a state of paralysis rather than mere damage.
Meanings
Examples
The accident happened so fast that it threatened to cripple him for life.
A sudden surge in oil prices could cripple the national economy.
The dragon used its massive tail to cripple the knight's leg.
High interest rates will cripple small businesses across the city.
He was born a cripple and had to rely on others for mobility.
The cyber attack was designed to cripple the entire power grid.
I wonder if the disease will eventually cripple her ability to walk.
The war left many soldiers as cripples who struggled to find work.