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Obsessive, intrusive thoughts can paralyse sufferers with anxiety, fear, disgust or shame - and many will not realise the images they are experiencing in their head are due to OCD.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

"The court finds that the intention was to paralyse the assembly for a considerable period," Ji told the Seoul Central District Court.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

She is under general anaesthesia: unconscious, insensate and rendered completely still by a blend of drugs that induce deep sleep, block memory, blunt pain and temporarily paralyse her muscles.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

"Are we supposed to paralyse the state even more?" said lawmaker Bilal Abdallah after the vote.

From Reuters • Apr. 18, 2023

Again the poor man groaned; he looked as if he dared not move; fear, either of death or of something else, appeared almost to paralyse him.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë