Crippling - English meaning

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

noun

Painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, typically caused by fatigue or strain.

Usage examples:

An attack of cramp

verb

Inhibit the development of.

Usage examples:

Tighter rules will cramp economic growth

noun

A sudden painful tightening in a muscle, often after a lot of exercise, that limits movement

Usage examples:

Several runners needed treatment for cramp (us cramps) and exhaustion., have cramp i've got cramp i…

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

Usage examples:

The front of his car was crushed in the collision

noun

A crowd of people pressed closely together.

Usage examples:

A number of youngsters fainted in the crush

verb

To press something very hard so that it is broken or its shape is destroyed

Usage examples:

The package got crushed in the mail., her car was crushed by a falling tree., i was crushed because…

noun

Physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.

Usage examples:

Bombing caused extensive damage to the town

verb

Inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.

Usage examples:

The car was badly damaged in the accident

verb

To harm or spoil something

Usage examples:

Many buildings were badly damaged by the earthquake., news reports damaged the senator’s reputation…

verb

Make (someone) very weak and infirm.

Usage examples:

He was severely debilitated by a stomach upset

verb

To make someone or something physically weak

Usage examples:

Chemotherapy exhausted and debilitated him.

verb

End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.

Usage examples:

The room had been destroyed by fire

verb

To damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists

Usage examples:

You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements., losing his job seemed to completely destroy…

verb

To damage something so badly that it cannot be used

Usage examples:

Most of the old part of the city was destroyed by bombs during the war., completely/totally destroy…

verb

(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.

Usage examples:

It's an injury that could disable somebody for life

verb

To make something or someone unable to act in the correct or usual way

Usage examples:

Thieves disabled the museum’s alarm system.

verb

To turn off a part of a computer system, or stop it from working in the normal way

Usage examples:

To disable a program or device, right-click its listing under the appropriate category and choose '…

verb

Make weak or feeble.

Usage examples:

Sickness had enfeebled me

verb

To make someone or something very weak

noun

A basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic.

Usage examples:

A picnic hamper

verb

Hinder or impede the movement or progress of.

Usage examples:

Their work is hampered by lack of funds

noun

Necessary but cumbersome equipment on a ship.

Usage examples:

The mass of the top hamper must be consciously balanced against the tremendous beam.

noun

Any of five tendons at the back of a person's knee.

Usage examples:

He pulled a hamstring

verb

Cripple (a person or animal) by cutting their hamstrings.

Usage examples:

He hammered the remnants of his blade into the chest of the one who shattered it, and jumped to avo…

verb

To prevent an activity, or to block the effectiveness of someone or something

Usage examples:

The company is hamstrung by its traditional but inefficient ways of doing business., i played the w…

verb

Prevent (something or someone) from moving or operating as normal.

Usage examples:

The car had been immobilized by a wheel clamp

verb

To prevent a company, country, or economy from using money or other assets

Usage examples:

Underdeveloped financial markets limit the availability of credit, immobilizing large amounts of ca…

verb

Weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function).

Usage examples:

A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing

verb

To damage or weaken something so that it is less effective

Usage examples:

Lack of sleep impaired her ability to think clearly., [ c ] the law bans discrimination against any…

verb

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder.

Usage examples:

The sap causes swelling which can impede breathing

verb

Prevent from functioning in a normal way.

Usage examples:

He was incapacitated by a heart attack

verb

To remove someone’s ability to do something

Usage examples:

The accident incapacitated me for seven months., an incapacitating illness, the novel tells the sto…

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

verb

Wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.

Usage examples:

100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed

verb

Injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration

verb

To injure a person so severely that a part of that person's body will no longer work correctly or is completely lacking

Usage examples:

[ t ] many civilians have been maimed by land mines.

verb

Cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.

Usage examples:

Mrs burrows had been paralysed by a stroke

verb

To cause a person, group, or organization to stop working

Usage examples:

The fuel protesters have threatened to try to paralyse the country again on november 13., the compa…

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

verb

Deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage.

Usage examples:

Power lines from south africa were sabotaged by rebel forces

noun

The action of sabotaging something.

Usage examples:

A coordinated campaign of sabotage

verb

To damage or destroy equipment, weapons, or buildings in order to prevent the success of an enemy or competitor

Usage examples:

The rebels had tried to sabotage the oil pipeline.

verb

Decisively put an end to.

Usage examples:

A spokesman has scotched the rumours

noun

A wedge placed under a wheel or other rolling object to prevent it moving or slipping.

noun

A cut or score in skin or another surface.

Usage examples:

A scotch in his face

noun

A hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck.

Usage examples:

Nylon panels on the sides of the geckos eject water like scuppers on a tramp steamer - hop out of t…

verb

Sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately.

Usage examples:

The ship was scuppered and seriously damaged

verb

To sink your own ship on purpose

Usage examples:

Arriving late for the interview scuppered my chances of getting the job.

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

Usage examples:

[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

verb

Make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

Usage examples:

Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks

verb

To make or become weak or weaker

Usage examples:

[ i ] the country’s economy continues to weaken., [ t ] long exposure to vibration can weaken aircr…

verb

To become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.

Usage examples:

A series of scandals weakened investor confidence., the plan has divided the country and weakened t…