crippled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
crippled
    adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a
           game leg" [syn: {crippled}, {halt}, {halting}, {lame},
           {gimpy}, {game}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Cripple \Crip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crippled} (-p'ld); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Crippling} (-pl?ng).]
   1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or
      foot; to lame.
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            He had crippled the joints of the noble child. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.
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   2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for
      service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as,
      to be financially crippled.
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            More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the
            energy of the settlement in the Bay.  --Palfrey.
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            An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the
            body politic.                         --Macaulay.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Crippled \Crip"pled\ (kr?p"p'ld), a.
   Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone."
   --Longfellow.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "crippled":
      bad, castrated, damaged, debilitated, disabled, disarmed,
      disqualified, emasculated, game, halt, halting, hamstrung,
      handicapped, hobbling, hog-tied, incapacitated, inoperative,
      invalidated, lame, limping, maimed, paralyzed, prostrate, spavined,
      weak, weakened

    

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