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Examples of cripple
cripple
The old paralysis by analysis is also a good lesson which can cripple execution.
From the forbes.com
It can cripple all we are meant to be as we allow something untrue to define us.
From the psychcentral.com
Union leaders portrayed the bill as a brazen attempt to cripple their influence.
From the huffingtonpost.com
In the worst case, say experts, Iraq can wound but not cripple the Jewish state.
From the time.com
Analysts say the bill would cripple most of the state's public employee unions.
From the washingtonpost.com
That was fun, and in Bleak House I loved dressing up like a 19th century cripple.
From the basildonrecorder.co.uk
Critics say the scheme is massively expensive and would cripple ailing economies.
From the washingtontimes.com
On Father's Day, Barack Obama talked about how absentee fathers cripple families.
From the thestate.com
Rising fuel prices earlier this year helped cripple the U.S. automobile industry.
From the bloomberg.com
- Deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"
- Someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
- (crippled) disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
- (crippling) that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling injury"
- A person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body; a shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window; scrapple; to make someone a cripple; to cause ...
- (crippled) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility; Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury
- (Crippled) To dream of the maimed and crippled, denotes famine and distress among the poor, and you should be willing to contribute to their store. It also indicates a temporary dulness in trade.
- (Crippled) A player that lost a hand and has only a few chips left.
