paralyzed

[par-uh-lahyz]

par·a·lyze

[par-uh-lahyz]
verb (used with object), par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing.
1.
to affect with paralysis.
2.
to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike paralyzed communications.
Also, especially British, par·a·lyse.


Origin:
1795–1805; back formation from paralysis, modeled on analyze

par·a·ly·zant, adjective, noun
par·a·ly·za·tion, noun
par·a·lyz·er, noun
par·a·lyz·ing·ly, adverb
sem·i·par·a·lyzed, adjective
EXPAND
un·par·a·lyzed, adjective
COLLAPSE


2. See shock1.

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paralyzed

adjective
affected with paralysis [syn: paralytic
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