paralyze
/ˈpæɹəˌlaɪz/ verb B1- To afflict with paralysis.
- To render unable to move; to immobilize.
- To render unable to function properly. · The transport strike paralyzed the city.
He/she/it paralyzes · Past paralyzed · Past participle paralyzed · -ing form paralyzing
Verb forms
- Base form
- paralyze
- He/she/it
- paralyzes
- Past
- paralyzed
- Past participle
- paralyzed
- -ing form
- paralyzing
From the library
“Confiteor!” said Caderousse, putting the diamond on his little finger; “I was mistaken; but those thieves of jewellers imitate so well that it is no longer worthwhile to rob a jeweller’s shop—it is another branch of industry paralyzed.”
Often as she had recited in public, she had never before faced such an audience as this, and the sight of it paralyzed her energies completely.
As he had prophesied would be the case, he remained paralyzed in the right arm and the left leg, and had given up all hope of ever enjoying it himself.
“Do as you did before, only do not wait so long, all the springs of life are now exhausted in me, and death,” he continued, looking at his paralyzed arm and leg, “has but half its work to do.
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