crippled
Example Sentences
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In yet another example of how the immigration raids had crippled attendance, some buses were nearly empty.
From Los Angeles Times
However, its economy has been crippled by years of mismanagement of the public finances, a fall in oil sales and biting international sanctions.
From BBC
It damaged 20 residential buildings and, crucially, crippled heating systems as temperatures dropped to about -11 degrees Celsius.
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?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
