cripple
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əl noun
1.
Sometimes Offensive.
a.
a person or animal that is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs; a lame or disabled person or animal.
b.
a person who is disabled or impaired in any way: a mental cripple.
2.
anything that is impaired or flawed.
3.
a wounded animal, especially one shot by a hunter.
4.
Carpentry. any structural member shorter than usual, as a stud beneath a window sill.
5.
Delaware Valley. a swampy, densely overgrown tract of land.
verb (used with object)
6.
to make a cripple of; lame.
7.
to disable; impair; weaken.
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Related forms
crip·pler, noun
crip·pling·ly, adverb
un·crip·pled, adjective
Synonyms
7. maim. Cripple, disable mean to injure to a degree that interferes with normal activities. To cripple is to injure in such a way as to deprive of the use of a member, particularly a leg. Disable a more general word, implies any such illness, injury, or impairment: disabled by an attack of malaria; disabled by a wound.
7. maim. Cripple, disable mean to injure to a degree that interferes with normal activities. To cripple is to injure in such a way as to deprive of the use of a member, particularly a leg. Disable a more general word, implies any such illness, injury, or impairment: disabled by an attack of malaria; disabled by a wound.
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cripple (ˈkrɪpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | offensive a person who is lame |
| 2. | offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way: a mental cripple |
| 3. | dialect (US) a dense thicket, usually in marshy land |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to make a cripple of; disable |
| [Old English crypel; related to crēopan to | |
| 'crippler | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cripple
O.E. crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from P.Gmc. *krupilaz, and/or related to O.E. creopan "to creep."
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
cripple crip·ple (krĭp'əl)
n.
One that is partially disabled or unable to use a limb or limbs. v. crip·pled, crip·pling, crip·ples
To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs.
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Example sentences
Actually astrology has done far less to cripple humanity's progress.
It is foolishly allowing financial market panics to cripple or destroy going businesses.
If on the other hand you want to cripple your mind indulge.
But if you can cripple a voter's basic trust in a candidate, you can probably turn his vote.
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