vverb.changedeprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthlessSynset:cripple stultify
Examples:- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
Hypernyms:weaken
Inherited Hypernyms:crippleweakenchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.bodydeprive of the use of a limb, especially a legSynset:cripple lame
Examples:- The accident has crippled her for life
Derivationally Related Form:cripple
Hypernyms:maim
Inherited Hypernyms:cripplemaiminjurehurtindisposechange
Direct Hyponyms:hamstring
Full Troponyms:hamstring
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
adj satadj.alldisabled in the feet or legsSynset:game gimpy halt halting lame
Examples:- a crippled soldier
- a game leg
Antonyms:fit
Derivationally Related Form:gamenessgimpinesslameness
Inherited Hypernyms:crippled
Similar to:unfit