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[ verb ] make powerless and unable to function

Synonyms

paralyse

Examples

"The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

Used in print

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

He was n't troubled with the ordinary , rank-and-file fear that overcomes and paralyzes and sends individual soldiers and whole companies under_fire running in panic .

Related terms

inactivate

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[ verb ] cause to be paralyzed and immobile

Synonyms

paralyse

Examples

"The poison paralyzed him" "Fear paralyzed her"

Related terms

immobilize palsy

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