cripple
/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/ verbo C2En español: discapacitar, lisiar, tullir, derrengar
- To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired. · The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
- To damage seriously; to destroy. · My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.
- To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
- To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. · The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
- To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
He/she/it cripples · Pasado crippled · Participio pasado crippled · Forma en -ing crippling
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It is evident, therefore, that if both girls had married, this beauty would have had a mere pittance, while even one of them would cripple him to a very serious extent.
It is the more terrible as he is a poor little inoffensive cripple." Ferguson's gaunt features softened as he spoke of his boy.
I have the clearest claim upon half of their present estate, and if they could have found a single paper—which, fortunately, was in the strong-box of my solicitors—they would undoubtedly have crippled our case.”
A lucky long shot of my revolver might have crippled him, but I had brought it only to defend myself if attacked and not to shoot an unarmed man who was running away.
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