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as in incapacitated
to cause severe or permanent injury to
the car crash may have crippled two people for life
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as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the collision so severely crippled the ship that it had to be towed into port
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as in paralyzed
to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move
a wave of strikes crippled that nation's steel industry
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Recent Examples of crippled
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2026
In 1970, the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft flew a similar route, reaching 158 miles beyond the far side of the moon at its most remote remove.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
Soon Hatchet was rousting birds out of overgrown creek bottoms and tracking down crippled roosters in cattails.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
Jamaica’s regional tourism, fishing and agriculture industries – still recovering from Hurricane Beryl a year earlier – were crippled.
—Shannon Gibson, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
The Max program was crippled following two crashes of the planes in 2018 and 2019, which killed all 346 people on the two flights.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
The unusually large protest crippled traffic in the heart of the Belgian capital, blocking major roads.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Had his dad not sensed something and dialed 911, Andrew, a star baseball player turned gambling addict in college, would have quietly checked out at age 33, leaving his twin infant sons, his guilt-crippled parents, and many thousands of dollars in gambling debts behind.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Moments later, the crippled transport slammed into the black sands of Sólheimasandur.
—Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
The pioneering college opened in 1885 and weathered difficult times early on, as the infamous winter freeze of 1894 destroyed orange groves throughout the state and crippled a key revenue source for Rollins, Lane wrote in his history of the school.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
The protests come amid soaring inflation in Iran following years of sanctions from the United States and other nations that have crippled Iran's economy.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Its economy was crippled by war debt.
—Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 136 miles northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima Daiichi plant in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
—Reuters, NBC news, 22 Dec. 2025
Five-year deals instead of three-year contracts are under consideration in the wake of the 2023 strikes, which for months crippled top companies in the entertainment industry.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
In The Nowhere Man, Lukas (Khoza), a former Special Forces mercenary crippled by PTSD, has turned his back on his violent past and is operating as a junk collector on the streets of Johannesburg.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
As the waters recede, survivors find the disaster has crippled their villages' lifelines.
—CBS News, 6 Dec. 2025
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The crippled government is seeking to regain its footing, deploying large numbers of military and paramilitary personnel to secure the capital.
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In Wrightwood, the recent torrential rainfall delivered devastating mudslides that have crippled the mountain town.
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But the Thunder, as small as can be without injured centers Isaiah Hartenstein, Jaylin Williams and Holmgren, pieced together a valiant comeback behind the efforts of eight-year veteran forward Kenrich Williams.—
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
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One caller said a delta-8 gummy incapacitated their adult son for several hours.—
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Another note that came up in the responses to this question is that everyone, of any age, should make sure that there are plans in place for a friend or relative to take care of the dog if the owner is incapacitated or dies.—
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The 13 apartments were damaged by fire, smoke or water.—
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But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.—
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Hawking’s work on the physics of black holes helped reshape the scientific understanding of the universe, even after being diagnosed with a motor neuron disease also known as ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, early in life that gradually paralyzed him.—
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Economists have attributed this to high uncertainty (in part due to massive shifts in trade and immigration policy) that has paralyzed much business investment.—
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Dispose of broken or outdated items.—
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The 41-year-old suffered a broken pelvis and sustained fractures to both femurs and three ribs, as well as a compound fracture to his right shin.—
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Denver police are searching for suspects in a Saturday night parking lot shooting that killed a 16-year-old and wounded three men, at least one of whom is not expected to survive, according to the agency.—
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Each of the 29 counts corresponds to a child who was killed or wounded in the classrooms, prosecutors said.—
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Their union was marred by affairs on both sides, perhaps most notably Charles’s ongoing affair with the former Camilla Parker Bowles (now Queen Camilla).—
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The deal has largely held, though it has been marred by mutual accusations of violations.—
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Matchmaking will be disabled 30 minutes before downtime begins.—
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
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“Crippled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crippled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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