paralyze
Example Sentences
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Carol wants to save humanity, yet her angry outbursts can paralyze the entire planet with pain.
Their paralyzing fear of Carol’s ire is empowering, pathetic and hilarious.
From Los Angeles Times
Everything seems paralyzed, as if we’re all waiting for the next shoe to drop.
From Salon
Even if the U.S. doesn’t regularly seize more tankers, the threat has already paralyzed tanker traffic in and out of Venezuela.
“The market’s going to focus more on the underlying earnings and corporate fundamentals within small caps, and thus they probably won’t be as paralyzed by the bond market.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
