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Cripple

noun
/ˈkɹɪpl/
Word Frequency: 1.2

Definitions

1.noun(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
"He returned from war a cripple."
2.nounA shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
3.nounScrapple.
4.noun(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
5.verbTo make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
"The car bomb crippled five passers-by."
6.verbTo damage seriously; to destroy
"My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money."
7.verbTo 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."
8.verbTo nerf something which is overpowered
9.adjectiveCrippled.

Synonyms

disabledlimitrestrictlamehaltweakeninfirmitymaimmutilateinfirmdisrupthandicap

Rhymes With

rippletipplenippletripletripplefippleparticipleline triple
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