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- Dictionarycrippling/ˈkrip(ə)liNG/
adjective
- 1. causing a person to become unable to walk or move properly: "a crippling disease"
- 2. causing a severe and almost insuperable problem: "interest rates rose to a crippling 13 percent"
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adjective. uk / ˈkrɪp. ə l.ɪŋ / us / ˈkrɪp. ə l.ɪŋ / Add to word list. causing serious injuries or harm: A crippling attack of malaria kept him in bed for months. The bomb attack dealt a crippling blow to tourism in the country. crippling debts. See. cripple. Fewer examples. The novel opens during a crippling drought.
If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect. The high cost of borrowing has a crippling effect on many small firms.
noun. crip· ple ˈkri-pəl. plural cripples. Synonyms of cripple. 1. a. offensive : a lame or partly disabled person or animal. b. : someone who is disabled or deficient in a specified manner. a social cripple. 2. : something flawed or imperfect. cripple. 2 of 3. adjective. offensive. : being disabled, flawed, or imperfect. cripple. 3 of 3. verb.
Crippling definition: damaging or injurious. See examples of CRIPPLING used in a sentence.
Define crippling. crippling synonyms, crippling pronunciation, crippling translation, English dictionary definition of crippling. n. 1. a. Often Offensive A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs: b. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one...
Definition of crippling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of crippling. adjective. that cripples or disables or incapacitates. “a crippling injury”. synonyms: disabling, incapacitating. unhealthful. detrimental to good health.
CRIPPLING definition: 1. A crippling illness makes someone unable to use their arms or legs in a normal way. 2. causing…. Learn more.
crippling meaning, definition, what is crippling: causing so much damage or harm that some...: Learn more.
To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly. Let's try to cripple their communications. [VERB noun] A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country's economy. [VERB noun] The pilot was able to maneuver the crippled aircraft out of the hostile area. [VERB-ed]
