crippled
Example Sentences
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Her Imagination Library, inspired by her belief that her father had been “crippled” by illiteracy, has reportedly distributed some 300 million books to children.
An epic internet blackout that crippled airline IT systems and so much more?
“Those measures were valuable in the last bird-flu outbreak, when Cal-Maine largely avoided the severe flock losses that crippled many competitors.”
From Barron's
The therapy can prevent children from becoming crippled by the time they’re teenagers.
The drinks company published a statement on its investigation into the ransomware attack, which had crippled its operations across its factories in Japan and forced employees to take orders by pen and paper.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
