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   paralyse

   /ˈparəlʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement: "Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke" Similar disableimmobilizerender/make powerlessincapacitatedebilitatenumbdeadenbenumbdullrare:obtundtorpefy
   • ▪ make (someone) unable to think or act normally, especially through panic or fear: "some people are paralysed by the thought of failure" Similar immobilizetransfixbecome rooted to the spotfreezestunrender motionlessbecome horror-struck/horror-strickenpetrifyrare:gorgonize
   • ▪ stop (a system, place, or organization) from operating by causing disruption: "the regional capital was paralysed by a general strike" Similar bring to a standstillimmobilizebring to a (grinding) halthaltstopfreezecrippledisableput out of action/commissionrender inoperativedeactivaterare:disenable

   Word Origin late Middle English: in early use probably from late Middle English paralysie ‘paralysis’ or its source Old French paralysie + -ize; in later use from French paralyser, from paralysie ‘paralysis’ (see paralysis).

   Derivatives

   • 1. paralysation noun

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   PARALYSE definition: 1. to cause a person, animal, or part of the body to lose the ability to move or feel: 2. to cause…. Learn more.

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   paralyse somebody to make somebody unable to feel or move all or part of their body. The accident left him paralysed from the waist down. He was partially paralysed by the fall. (figurative) paralysing heat. (figurative) She stood there, paralysed with fear. Topics Health problems c2, Disability c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

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   to cause a person or animal to lose the ability to move or feel part of the body, or to cause someone or something to be unable to act or operate correctly: He was paralyzed from the waist down. Commuter traffic paralyzes the city’s roads every morning.

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   Paralyse definition: to affect with paralysis. See examples of PARALYSE used in a sentence.

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   3 meanings: 1. pathology to affect with paralysis 2. medicine to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain, touch, etc,.... Click for more definitions.

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   PARALYSE definition: 1. to make someone unable to move all or part of their body: 2. to make something stop working: . Learn more.

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   Definitions of 'paralyse' 1. If someone is paralysed by an accident or an illness, they have no feeling in their body, or in part of their body, and are unable to move. [...] 2. If a person, place, or organization is paralysed by something, they become unable to act or function properly. [...] More. Conjugations of 'paralyse'