Thesaurus / cripple
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At one time Myanmar was subjected to harsh sanctions that crippled its economy.
IN MYANMAR COUP, SUU KYI’S OUSTER HERALDS RETURN TO MILITARY RULESHIBANI MAHTANI, TIMOTHY MCLAUGHLINFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSecond, our sense of the possible has been crippled by two decades of helplessness and resignation under the thumb of the tech giants.
'WE NEED A FUNDAMENTAL RESET.' SHOSHANA ZUBOFF ON BUILDING AN INTERNET THAT LETS DEMOCRACY FLOURISHBILLY PERRIGOJANUARY 22, 2021TIMEOur sense of the possible has been crippled by two decades of helplessness and resignation under the thumb of the tech giants.
BIG TECH'S BUSINESS MODEL IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY. HERE'S HOW TO BUILD A FAIRER DIGITAL FUTUREBILLY PERRIGOJANUARY 22, 2021TIMEDuring the Nigerian Civil War of the late 1960s, the Nigerian government famously cut off food supplies from the citizens of Biafra, leaving many Biafrans hungry while significantly crippling its military base.
FEEDING A NEW NIGERIANELSON C.J.JANUARY 22, 2021EATERAs the immune system tries to fight off the virus, the lungs and those air sacs become inflamed and fill with fluid, crippling their ability to transport oxygen into the blood.
WE DIDN’T EVOLVE FOR THIS - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGCLAUDIA GEIBJANUARY 6, 2021NAUTILUSAlso in need of scrutiny are the failures that crippled so many public health agencies, up to and including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
WHAT CHANGES AFTER COVID-19? I’M BETTING ON EVERYTHING.MEGAN MCARDLENOVEMBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThat would have ended our little Alila's life in a moment, or at least made him a cripple for the rest of his days.
ALILA, OUR LITTLE PHILIPPINE COUSINMARY HAZELTON WADEThere was, however, only one waggon and that a cripple, and neither carpenters nor smiths were at the station to repair it.
ROBERT MOFFATDAVID J. DEANEThe first of these unfortunates was of the parish of Barking, aged sixty-eight, a painter and a cripple.
FOX'S BOOK OF MARTYRSJOHN FOXEFor a man only to give a half confidence, is to cripple to that extent the capacity of the one who is responsible.
ANCIENT FAITHS AND MODERNTHOMAS INMANWORDS RELATED TO CRIPPLE
- abuse
- blemish
- bruise
- cripple
- crush
- damage
- dilapidate
- discommode
- disserve
- do violence to
- dump on
- get
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- incommode
- inconvenience
- louse up
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- mess up
- misuse
- molest
- muck up
- mutilate
- nick
- outrage
- prejudice
- put down
- ruin
- sabotage
- sap
- scathe
- shatter
- shock
- spoil
- stab
- tarnish
- total
- trample
- traumatize
- tweak
- undermine
- vandalize
- vitiate
- wing
- wound
- wreck
- wrench
- wrong
- zing
- abusing
- blemishing
- bruising
- crippling
- crushing
- damaging
- dilapidating
- discommoding
- disserving
- doing violence to
- dumping on
- getting
- hurting
- ill-treating
- impairing
- incommoding
- inconveniencing
- lousing up
- maiming
- maltreating
- mangling
- marring
- mess up
- misusing
- molesting
- mucking up
- mutilating
- nicking
- outraging
- prejudicing
- putting down
- ruining
- sabotaging
- sapping
- scathing
- shattering
- shocking
- spoiling
- stabbing
- tarnishing
- totaling
- trampling
- traumatizing
- tweaking
- undermining
- vandalizing
- vitiating
- winding
- winging
- wrecking
- wrenching
- wronging
- zinging
- abuses
- blemishes
- bruises
- cripples
- crushes
- damages
- dilapidates
- discommodes
- disserves
- does violence to
- dumps on
- gets
- hurts
- ill-treats
- impairs
- incommodes
- inconveniences
- louses up
- maims
- maltreats
- mangles
- mars
- mess up
- misuses
- molests
- mucks up
- mutilates
- nicks
- outrages
- prejudices
- puts down
- ruins
- sabotages
- saps
- scathes
- shatters
- shocks
- spoils
- stabs
- tarnishes
- totals
- tramples
- traumatizes
- tweaks
- undermines
- vandalizes
- vitiates
- winds
- wings
- wrecks
- wrenches
- wrongs
- zings
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrests
- balks
- bars
- blocks
- bottlenecks
- box in
- burdens
- checks
- chokes
- clogs
- contravenes
- counteracts
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- cripples
- curbs
- debars
- delays
- deters
- encumbers
- fetters
- frustrates
- gets in the way
- hampers
- hamstrings
- handicaps
- hog-ties
- holds back
- holds up
- impedes
- inhibits
- interferes
- interrupts
- louses up
- muzzles
- neutralizes
- obstructs
- offsets
- opposes
- precludes
- prohibits
- resists
- retards
- shuts out
- snafus
- stays
- stops
- stymies
- terminates
- thwarts
- trammels
- action
- attenuate
- batter
- blunt
- cripple
- damage
- debilitate
- disarm
- disenable
- disqualify
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exhaust
- hamstring
- handicap
- harm
- hock
- hogtie
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- invalidate
- kibosh
- knock out
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- muzzle
- paralyze
- pinion
- prostrate
- put out of action
- render incapable
- ruin
- sabotage
- sap
- shatter
- shoot down
- spoil
- take out
- throw monkey wrench in
- total
- unbrace
- undermine
- unfit
- unstrengthen
- weaken
- wreck
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