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Meanings of paralyse in English
Usage of paralyse in English
1
The immediate effect of the blow was to paralyse the second-hand department.
2
Also the farcical nature of the whole proceeding seemed to paralyse her.
3
Most services are to go out to tender, which will paralyse decision-making.
4
If we break through thirty kilometres, we would paralyse a hundred kilometres.
5
An odour of burning, I was convinced, would paralyse all the inmates.
6
Some names stimulate and encourage the owner, others deject and paralyse him.'
7
Above all, Victorine, do not allow your sorrow to paralyse your actions.
8
It is used to paralyse small fish as its prey, said Dr Richardson.
9
The possible permutations, endlessly confusing, can strain nerves and paralyse government.
10
The effect was such as to paralyse the incipient resolution of the loyalists.
11
Is another scandal threatening to paralyse the already wounded Clinton presidency?
12
You paralyse the whole fucking arcology with terrorism, bring it to its knees.
13
I've seen it take hold of men of proved courage and paralyse them.
14
They seemed to draw him-drawsomething out of him-intoxicate him-paralyse him.
15
You'll get through if the chill of Isla doesn't paralyse you.
16
Confusion can paralyse you and prevent you from making appropriate decisions about your finances.
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Paralyse through the time
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