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View definitions for crippled

crippled

adjective as in disabled, maimed

adjective as in damaged; not working

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This crippled my ability to do my best work.

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"By fracturing the unity of the nation's apex court, it has crippled judicial independence and integrity, pushing the country back by decades."

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“The Biden controls cost taxpayers tens of billions, crippled innovation and ceded ground to foreign rivals.”

All of the new structures were designed to catch any radioactive debris that might be knocked loose as workers dismantled the crippled reactors and moved fuel from their storage pools to a safer location.

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Mali's fuel shortage is also exacerbating severe and recurrent power outages that have crippled the economy for the past five years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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