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    crippling
    /ˈkrɪplɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. causing a person to become unable to walk or move properly: "a crippling disease"
    • 2. causing a severe and almost insuperable problem: "interest rates rose to a crippling 13 per cent"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCRIPPLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Crippling means causing serious injuries or harm, such as a crippling attack of malaria or a crippling blow to tourism. See more definitions, pronunciation, translations and examples of crippling in English.

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCRIPPLING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Crippling means severely damaging or injurious to health, body, or situation. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation, and sentences from Collins English Dictionary.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › cripplingCRIPPLING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Crippling means damaging or injurious, often in a figurative sense. See how the word is used in sentences from various sources, such as The Daily Beast and Project Gutenberg.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › crippleCripple Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Cripple is an offensive term for a lame or partly disabled person or animal, or something flawed or imperfect. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and usage of cripple as a noun, adjective, and verb.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › cripplingcrippling adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Crippling means seriously damaging or harming somebody or something, especially damaging somebody's body so that they cannot walk or move well. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, synonyms and example sentences.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCRIPPLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Crippling means to injure or harm someone or something so that they are unable to work or move normally. It can also mean to severely affect or limit someone emotionally or mentally. See how to use this word in different contexts and synonyms.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › cripplingCrippling - definition of crippling by The Free Dictionary

    An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple. 2. A damaged or defective object or device: "He ... would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute" (Joseph Conrad). tr.v. crip·pled, crip·pling, crip·ples. 1. To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs. 2.