Crippling

verb

Word Frequency: 1.0

Definitions

1.verbTo make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired

"The car bomb crippled five passers-by."

2.verbTo damage seriously; to destroy

"My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money."

3.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."

4.verbTo nerf something which is overpowered

5.nounState of being crippled; lameness.

6.nounSpars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.

7.adjectiveThat cripples or incapacitates

"crippling depression"