cripple

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It also jeopardizes global crop yields—gas is a vital fertilizer feedstock—and could cripple semiconductor production by slashing helium supply, a natural gas byproduct.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Economic sanctions have helped to cripple its economy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

Allan said the lapse would erode mission readiness and cripple morale.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

David Gunn, an arable farmer and agricultural contractor from near Sevenoaks in Kent, said: "Inheritance tax is going to cripple the farmers, the small family farmers."

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

My feet never suffered—and that is a factor of major importance, in a winter-journey where an hour’s exposure can, after all, cripple one for a week or for life.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin