- 1[usually passive] cripple somebody to damage someone's body so that they are no longer able to walk or move normally synonym disable He was crippled by polio as a child. to be crippled with arthritis
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- 2[usually passive] cripple somebody/something to seriously damage or harm someone or something The pilot tried to land his crippled plane.
cripple
verbNAmE//ˈkrɪpl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cripple he / she / it cripples
past simple crippled
-ing form crippling
adjective a crippling disease crippling debtsSee cripple in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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