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Meanings of
crippling
in English
That cripples or disables or incapacitates.
disabling
incapacitating
Related terms
unhealthful
Synonyms
Examples for "
disabling
"
disabling
incapacitating
Examples for "
disabling
"
1
Background: Bipolar disorder is among the 10 most
disabling
medical conditions worldwide.
2
Early identification of patients at risk may prevent fatal or
disabling
strokes.
3
The reason for the
disabling
was not immediately clear, the newspaper said.
4
Purpose: Fatigue is a
disabling
and prevalent feature of many long-term conditions.
5
Conclusions: Tremor is common among NARCOMS registrants and severely
disabling
for some.
1
The attacks were so
incapacitating
,
he could hardly stand, let alone work.
2
Quite possible if someone like Butler were mesmerized and doing the
incapacitating
.
3
She was not able to walk and sleep due to
incapacitating
pain.
4
In 50 percent of the patients, hospitalization was required because of
incapacitating
symptoms.
5
Harris vividly recalled each of his
incapacitating
attacks of jailhouse claustrophobia.
Usage of
crippling
in English
1
Baghdad's ministers describe Iraq's
crippling
infrastructure problems as an opportunity to invest.
2
From tribunal updates to
crippling
inflation, from drunken violence to political stagnation.
3
Appreciate the technological sea change that turned
crippling
injury into something else.
4
These had a
crippling
effect on New Zealand beef exports to Indonesia.
5
These are the most
crippling
sanctions in the history of sanctions, period.
6
The problem is, this stance is somewhat
crippling
the red berets financially.
7
The unions are one of the key factors
crippling
South Africa's progress.
8
Jules and his colleagues suffered from a
crippling
terror of human contact.
9
The ACA was sold as the solution to our
crippling
healthcare system.
10
Eleanor Morgan has suffered from
crippling
anxiety for at least fifteen years.
11
Low unemployment, low demand and high costs are
crippling
the country's polytechnics.
12
He spent three days in hospital and suffered
crippling
headaches for months.
13
Most of the other foreign staff have left the country,
crippling
operations.
14
But the Hokies' tendency for
crippling
errors helped the Vols gain traction.
15
Or end up with
crippling
debt from medical expenses you can't cover.
16
As in a nightmare, everything is a source of
crippling
personal inadequacy.
Other examples for "crippling"
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crippling
cripple
Verb
Present
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
cripple sanctions
cripple drought
cripple economic
cripple debt
cripple blow
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Crippling
through the time
Crippling
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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