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present participle of cripple.

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crippling

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harmful adj.
ruinous adj.
tumbledown adj.
disarmament n.

ADJECTIVE

harmful

Synonyms

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adverse bad catastrophic damaging destructive detrimental disadvantageous disastrous inimical noxious painful pernicious risky ruinous sinful toxic unhealthy unsafe

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baleful baneful calamitous cataclysmic consumptive corroding corrupting deleterious dire evil harassing incendiary internecine malefic malicious malignant menacing mischievous murderous nocuous pestiferous pestilential sinister subversive undermining unwholesome virulent

Antonyms

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advantageous aiding assisting beneficial favorable fortunate good harmless healthy helpful honest kind lucky profitable safe upright

ADJECTIVE

ruinous

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calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic damaging deadly dire fatal harmful hurtful murderous pernicious

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annihilative baleful baneful deleterious depleting draining exhausting extravagant fateful immoderate impoverishing injurious noxious shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

favorable fortunate harmless healthful helpful kind nice trivial unimportant wholesome

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advantageous assisting beneficial

ADJECTIVE

tumbledown

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WEAK

annihilative baleful baneful calamitous cataclysmic catastrophic damaging deadly deleterious depleting dilapidated dire draining exhausting extravagant fatal fateful harmful hurtful immoderate impoverishing injurious murderous noxious pernicious ramshackle rundown shattering suicidal unfortunate wasteful withering wrackful

NOUN

disarmament

Synonyms

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demilitarization demobilization

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conquest de-escalation disablement disqualification freeze occupation pacification subjugation

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arms limitation arms reduction neutralizing paralyzing rendering powerless

Antonyms

STRONG

surrender yielding

WEAK

arming buildup

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crippling

The sickness spread to Detroit before reaching Buffalo and Rochester in upstate New York, crippling local economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The scoping study said assembly members had given examples of constituents "who have experienced significant unexplained increases in service charges that were crippling in their effect".

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Newsom is also considering a closely watched package that would shield utilities from potentially crippling wildfire liability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr also demanded the end of crippling sanctions, the release of frozen assets and compensation for wartime damage.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

‘The worry is crippling us. Please. Call the police. Thank you.’

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd

crippling

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