cripple

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
humpback, hunchback, crookback

II - verb

1. deprive of strength or efficiency;
make useless or worthless (Freq. 2)
- This measure crippled our efforts
- Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work
• Syn:
stultify
• Hypernyms:
weaken
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
- The accident has crippled her for life
• Syn:
lame
• Hypernyms:
maim
• Hyponyms:
hamstring
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lame, stultify