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paralyze

[par-uh-lahyz] / ˈpær əˌlaɪz /


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It probably was funny to them, their ex-friend paralyzed in the face of human interaction.

From Literature

Confined for her safety in a small, interior room, Maggie had been sobbing for days, “sick and nearly paralyzed with fright.”

From Literature

In the late 1990s, neurologist Philip Kennedy developed the first BCI to allow a severely paralyzed patient to move a computer cursor using their brain.

From MarketWatch

I had a catastrophic fall at home, which left me paralyzed from the shoulders down.

From The Wall Street Journal

Usually when I got scared I could almost outrun my shadow, but I was beyond being scared, I was paralyzed.

From Literature