That cripples or disables or incapacitates.
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.
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