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What is another word for
cripple
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▲
Verb
To render physically powerless, injured or unable to move
To cause to be immobilized, weakened or ineffective
To be detrimental to
To cause something to stop functioning altogether
To render financially unstable
To prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
To weaken or reduce in strength or intensity
To diminish the confidence or courage of
To cripple or weaken an element of a video game during its development
To weaken an armed opposition, such as a military or army
Noun
A person who has severely impaired physical abilities
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▲
Verb
▲
To render physically powerless, injured or unable to move
incapacitate
disable
lame
maim
debilitate
disfigure
handicap
injure
mutilate
damage
impair
torpefy
attenuate
deface
disarm
dislimb
dismember
mangle
palsy
sap
sideline
stifle
unstrengthen
make lame
wound
hurt
crush
batter
mangulate
hack up
mar
ruin
deform
harm
wreck
smash
weaken
hock
bruise
break
indispose
hospitalize
US
hamstring
maul
invalid
hospitalise
UK
amputate
butcher
put out of action
tear apart
tear limb from limb
hobble
spoil
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
destroy
pinion
trash
total
enfeeble
blemish
tear
lay up
crumple
cut
mash
lacerate
massacre
gimp
castrate
hog-tie
distort
scar
hack
put on the sick list
shatter
ravage
knacker
scathe
crool
foul
pain
wax
pique
cut to pieces
cut up
do in
draw blood
shake up
foul up
sever
disjoint
dissect
rend
joint
disarticulate
anatomize
sunder
limb
part
dislocate
cut off the limbs of
more ❯
“Zach defied all expectations that this accident would
cripple
him and transform his life for the worst.”
Verb
▲
To cause to be immobilized, weakened or ineffective
disable
prostrate
incapacitate
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
hamstring
debilitate
enervate
weaken
enfeeble
tire
sap
devitalize
exhaust
etiolate
soften
fatigue
drain
undermine
impair
wear out
waste
put out of action
weary
knock out
do in
knacker
frazzle
indispose
overtire
poop
shatter
make feeble
tire out
lay low
halt
wear down
take it out of
stop
deactivate
reduce
overtax
deplete
attenuate
torpefy
emasculate
vitiate
impoverish
blunt
make weak
wash out
bring to a halt
bring to a standstill
tax
erode
disempower
whack
disenable
handicap
disarm
destroy
ruin
eviscerate
wreck
tucker
jam
overwork
overexert
render inoperative
overextend
overfatigue
overdo
draw
bankrupt
make inoperative
render infirm
tucker out
burn out
eat away
wear away
confine to bed
conk out
poop out
peter out
run ragged
diminish
freeze
lessen
lower
subvert
arrest
sap the strength of
sap your strength
suck dry
use up
clip one's wings
depress
overthrow
mow
defeat
rob from
encumber
hamper
injure
hinder
hurt
mar
harm
extenuate
seize
unstrengthen
confine to a wheelchair
put out of commission
lay up
bring to a grinding halt
hospitalise
UK
make powerless
make weary
make helpless
make impotent
hospitalize
US
bring someone to their knees
bring low
dilute
become unable to move
become stuck
grind to a halt
seize up
become immobilized
make feebler
water down
wear
bust
reduce the power of
deprive of force
break
outwear
remove the sting from
reduce the powers of
kill
harass
root
inactivate
kibosh
wear oneself to a shadow
make tired
wipe out
wear yourself out
wear oneself to a frazzle
run into the ground
do up
tire yourself out
nearly kill
render inactive
prevent from working
prevent from moving
bring to a screeching halt
take out
render incapable
throw monkey wrench in
jade
bush
wear to a frazzle
flag
sink
languish
succumb
droop
fizzle
strain
bore
drop
bedraggle
sag
fail
grow tired
shag out
grow weary
get tired
drain of energy
exasperate
sicken
bonk
burden
cause weariness
hit the wall
plague
drowse
get the better of
oppress
fade
glut
weigh
pain
fold
faint
overburden
overstrain
yawn
collapse
cause ennui
take
atrophy
run out of steam
break down
run down
stress out
become exhausted
become drained
wither
become fatigued
make sleepy
emaciate
shrivel
become tired
go stale
put to sleep
wear on
shrink
consume
gnaw
corrode
more ❯
“Too many or too few T cells in the blood can
cripple
the immune system.”
Verb
▲
To be detrimental to
spoil
impair
ruin
cramp
damage
hamstring
vitiate
crush
hamper
impede
enfeeble
harm
hurt
mar
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
sabotage
scotch
scupper
weaken
bankrupt
blemish
bloody
compromise
flaw
restrict
endamage
injure
limit
stifle
cross up
rain on someone's parade
break
disfigure
deface
destroy
undermine
wreck
crab
blight
tarnish
mangle
hinder
smash
ravage
disable
demolish
devastate
mutilate
maim
mess up
subvert
foul up
debase
diminish
upset
threaten
deform
annihilate
shatter
distort
incapacitate
wound
queer
corrupt
total
warp
louse up
bruise
debilitate
trash
taint
reduce
batter
vandalize
US
undo
defile
quash
put the kibosh on
scar
torpedo
screw up
impoverish
muck up
disrupt
vandalise
UK
thwart
contort
foil
obliterate
deteriorate
overcome
suppress
jeopardize
US
prejudice
misshape
extinguish
decimate
twist
blow
sap
shake up
blot
dent
rough up
defeat
play havoc with
disfeature
jeopardise
UK
attack
make a mess of
dash
afflict
stymie
frustrate
eradicate
pollute
sully
blunt
overwhelm
poison
corrode
buckle
cheapen
obstruct
interfere with
torture
destabilize
US
erode
squinch
enervate
screw
devalue
blast
scratch
despoil
malform
lessen
uglify
subdue
desecrate
ding
tweak
desolate
demoralize
US
break up
gnarl
wrench
invalidate
wreak havoc on
bend
shake
wear away
botch
dilapidate
dismantle
devaluate
make useless
do harm to
knot
overpower
vanquish
wince
skew
be detrimental to
do for
destabilise
UK
raze
blow a hole in
wrack
demoralise
UK
neutralize
US
bring to naught
take out
smash up
take apart
balls up
cause detriment to
neutralise
UK
bring down
put at risk
put out of commission
molest
scathe
traumatize
US
interrupt
terminate
abuse
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
nullify
dispatch
stain
endanger
eliminate
prevent
end
imperil
annul
quell
abolish
block
have a bad effect on
annoy
traumatise
UK
have a negative effect on
kill
bollix
bow
devitalize
depress
bodge
disfashion
abort
crack
gut
shrink
shock
scorch
wither
inconvenience
detract
infect
break down
be a blot on the landscape
cow
make unattractive
affect
emasculate
intrude on
detract from
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
distort the shape of
make misshapen
knock
bust
cause injury
make ugly
consume
contaminate
cost
put a damper on
bend out of shape
be deleterious to
demote
trouble
whittle
impact
touch
disrate
strike
throw a monkey wrench into
put out of action
eat away
take the edge off
sap the strength of
subjugate
perturb
influence
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cause the loss of
tame
decrease
prevail
occur
worsen
rout
repress
whittle away
unfit
disqualify
impinge
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
declaw
disarm
defang
crash
lose strength
strike down
strike at
spread to
topple
bring to ruin
take hold of
do damage to
overthrow
pulverize
US
cream
nuke
waste
bring someone to their knees
exert influence on
have an impact on
have an effect on
dominate
degrade
shipwreck
vaporize
US
demean
squelch
unbuild
skin
crimp
craze
abase
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
reduce to rubble
pile up
efface
pull down
leave in ruins
crack up
tear up
tear down
do in
wrack up
rub out
pulverise
UK
write off
vaporise
UK
dash to pieces
pervert
keep down
bear down
conquer
beat down
master
deprave
lower
put an end to
debauch
smirch
cancel out
work against
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
render ineffective
chasten
bastardize
US
foul
profane
prostitute
canker
blacken
bemean
bastardise
UK
take down
cast down
drag down
lower the status of
pillage
drag through the mud
reduce the status of
plunder
sack
depredate
spoliate
nix
banjax
crool
euchre
cruel
squash
risk
hazard
menace
peril
expose
gash
lacerate
jeopard
adventure
venture
gamble with
expose to danger
put in danger
put in jeopardy
be a danger to
leave vulnerable
pose a threat to
dish
bang up
wrong
cut
graze
drive a nail into the coffin of
distress
chance
scrape
maltreat
discolour
UK
pain
flog
whip
punch
lash
decay
contuse
discolor
US
cause pain to
cause injury to
spank
agonize
US
envenom
punish
agonise
UK
aggrieve
lay waste
scourge
lay open
lay on the line
leave defenseless
put someone's life on the line
darken
fracture
jeopardy
pull the rug out from under
mark
hit
be careless with
subject to loss
make liable
depreciate
irritate
violate
disgrace
subject to
stake
expose to risk
tempt fate
put on the line
leave unprotected
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
dirty
gnaw
rust
shrivel
bleach
fade
stab
sink
ruinate
flatten
sadden
black
tamper with
bias
ravish
muller
oppress
overturn
level
mildew
deplete
play merry hell with
knock down
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
wipe out
lay in ruins
leave desolate
make black
harrow
deliver a blow to
sting
prepossess
sicken
put paid to
embitter
bring to an end
put a stop to
make a hash of
gall
put the lid on
glitch up
beat
grieve
cause suffering to
empoison
make one's heart bleed
hit hard
break the heart of
wallop
jaundice
implicate
cane
make sick
mistreat
pound
thump
switch
anguish
misuse
discommode
disserve
incommode
put out
work over
pummelled
UK
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
ill-treat
place in danger
manhandle
put down
lash out at
pummel
US
slap
belt
pommel
slug
whack
pinch
maul
flail
knock about
give it to someone
give someone the works
skin alive
give someone what for
beat up
give a lesson to
give a going over
fix someone's wagon
have someone's guts for garters
put under suspicion
sell out
trample on
ill-use
treat roughly
pick on
do violence to
lay a finger on
more ❯
“This sort of overprotection may actually
cripple
his ability to be resilient and discourage him from trying anything new.”
Verb
▲
To cause something to stop functioning altogether
halt
break
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
shutdown
stop
block
crash
destroy
impede
render powerless
stall
stifle
bring to naught
put paid to
put the kibosh on
bring someone to their knees
bring to a standstill
bring to a stop
put an end to
put a stop to
put out of action
put out of business
bring to an end
pull the plug on
wipe out
dead-end
“We need to effectively respond to the bad actors out there who want to steal our data and
cripple
our systems.”
Verb
▲
To render financially unstable
bankrupt
impoverish
pauperize
beggar
make bankrupt
make insolvent
reduce to penury
clean out
wipe out
ruin
reduce to destitution
break
bring someone to their knees
make poor
make penniless
bring to ruin
make destitute
cause to go bankrupt
liquidate
bust
bleed dry
reduce to poverty
drain
clear out
financially destroy
make somebody broke
make somebody skint
fold
cripple financially
go into Chapter 11
go bankrupt
fold up
reduce to beggary
become insolvent
bring down
deplete
wreck
crush
reduce
disfigure
decimate
ruinate
pillage
exhaust
fleece
diminish
destroy
devastate
smash
shatter
mangle
wrack
injure
blow a hole in
desecrate
annihilate
nix
defile
torpedo
knock down
mess up
cream
tear down
lay in ruins
make a mess of
deface
bring to naught
reduce to rubble
damage
mutilate
bodge
defeat
nuke
scupper
sabotage
foul up
mar
poison
do for
ravage
do in
blast
dilapidate
overwhelm
scourge
muller
banjax
reduce to nothing
pulverize
US
maim
rub out
flatten
extinguish
bring to nothing
desolate
screw up
blow
wreak havoc upon
impair
waste
pulverise
UK
despoil
cruel
level
pull down
sink
blight
raze
trash
dish
dash
leave in ruins
scotch
vaporise
UK
lay waste
overturn
total
undo
leave desolate
spoil
ravish
put the kibosh on
louse up
demolish
euchre
wreak havoc on
botch
overthrow
vaporize
US
more ❯
“Mounting debts would eventually
cripple
the company.”
Verb
▲
To prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
frustrate
thwart
hinder
foil
impede
check
obstruct
prevent
block
hamper
stymie
stop
inhibit
baffle
cramp
baulk
UK
forestall
scotch
defeat
balk
US
fetter
scupper
halt
bar
derail
hamstring
beat
dash
circumvent
hobble
ruin
spoil
crush
stifle
arrest
counter
overcome
discomfit
preclude
snooker
crimp
prohibit
checkmate
disappoint
stump
outwit
banjax
crool
negate
lick
forbid
hold up
put a stop to
nip in the bud
put the kibosh on
foul up
do for
screw up
stand in the way of
hang up
put the lid on
put a brake on
cramp one's style
upset the applecart
give the run around
dash one's hope
encumber
curb
handicap
hold back
trammel
retard
restrain
shackle
restrict
interfere with
handcuff
slow down
clog
delay
cumber
manacle
hog-tie
embarrass
constrain
throw a spanner in the works
short-circuit
tie up
curtail
bork
deter
slow
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
bridle
nullify
set back
stonewall
disrupt
bilk
neutralize
US
get in the way of
cut off
neutralise
UK
crab
oppose
interrupt
burden
get in the way
contravene
counteract
quash
cancel
offset
annul
buck
put paid to
stall
repress
shelve
entangle
bind
brake
interfere
impair
limit
choke off
choke
put an end to
dissuade from
interdict
disadvantage
place at a disadvantage
close off
shut off
shut down
put at a disadvantage
weaken
discontinue
suspend
suppress
smash
bottleneck
entrammel
nobble
put a crimp in
muzzle
suffocate
smother
queer
debar
resist
root
traverse
tie
freeze
rattle
faze
dam
mess up
stultify
put the mockers on
inconvenience
give the slip
chain
disconcert
leash
put a spoke in someone's wheel
debilitate
box in
shut out
louse up
halt in its tracks
throw monkey wrench in
throw a monkey wrench in the works
be a hindrance to
queer someone's pitch
give a hard time
saddle with
throw a spoke in the wheel of
sideline
put out of commission
give disadvantage
take out
postpone
confound
detain
retardate
defer
withhold
pause
protract
puzzle
weigh down
drag your feet
nonplus
upset
remit
prorogue
treat unfairly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
do a disservice to
tell against
wrong
inflict a handicap on
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
mystify
tie one's hands
flummox
intermit
put off
bring to screeching halt
stave off
make late
confine
hold
put back
back off
bog down
keep back
slow up
hold off on
prolong
take down
hold over
pigeonhole
corner
dead-end
put on hold
hold off
hang fire
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
avert
head off
ward off
avoid
fend off
obviate
intercept
defend against
evade
put the stopper on
escape
forfend
sidestep
skirt
deflect
steer clear of
overturn
undo
cross
elude
divert
take wind out of
repulse
circumnavigate
bypass
rule out
dodge
snafu
confuse
help
duck
sabotage
anticipate
parry
pre-empt
repel
turn aside
keep at bay
keep off
dish
shipwreck
throw
get out of
subvert
squash
dampen
chill
squelch
preempt
destroy
undermine
wreck
keep lid on
reduce
shun
save
destabilize
US
ditch
put a wrench in the works
scuttle
sandbag
eschew
play off
cook someone's goose
shake
clobber
sap
rebut
spike someone's guns
rebuff
spike
put a spanner in the works
cause havoc
wreak havoc
rein in
nix
fight back
destabilise
UK
be beyond
get in before
shirk
second-guess
hold in
hold down
provide against
get ahead of
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
keep from happening
beat someone to it
pick off
steal a march on
get around
stem the flow of
brush off
force back
push back
beat off
put to flight
drive away
see off
turn away
beat back
fight off
thrust back
drive back
turn back
send packing
worst
crash
juke
unsettle
countermove
vanquish
conquer
throw a curve
stave
finish
desist
cease
fend
shunt
invalidate
blight
miss
withstand
cloud
defy
obscure
blank
counterplot
bury
bring to a close
make an end of
commandeer
forefend
wreak havoc with
strangulate
affect
disturb
burst bubble
keep
cheat
tamper
influence
stay
act against
damp
get the better of
shove aside
trouble
discommode
jam
incommode
conflict
let
bring an end to
be early
take the wind out of your sails
cool
put the brakes on
take out of play
work against
be one step ahead of
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
put the damper on
put a damper on
outlaw
enjoin
cause setback
beat down
ward
take wind out of sails
put end to
control
subdue
disempower
stem
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
keep at arm's length
stand off
drive off
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
rein
extinguish
turn off
keep in
contain
cut short
terminate
muffle
swallow
damage
threaten
put on brakes
demoralize
US
attenuate
quell
end
govern
staunch
moderate
rout
emasculate
discourage
tame
choke back
bottle up
regulate
bewilder
demoralise
UK
soften
botch
challenge
keep in check
perplex
demolish
drag through the mud
keep a lid on
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
crack down on
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
stamp out
minimize
US
undercut
lessen
detract from
chip away
minimise
UK
diminish
bring to a standstill
dumbfound
snuff out
discombobulate
play for time
wipe out
clamp down on
get rid of
bring to an end
slap down
bamboozle
fox
shortcut
floor
gravel
outflank
maze
wilder
force away
stagger
obfuscate
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
flee
lose
bring up short
be all Greek to
find a way round
get round
find a way around
get past
work around
be too much for
put at a loss
end-run
go around
scape
outrun
body-swerve
stay shy of
fly
weasel out of
shy
slip away from
shake off
give the slip to
run from
slip through the net
throw off the scent
run around
get away from
escape from
run away from
shuffle out of
double
get away
finesse
give the runaround
shuck
slip through your fingers
more ❯
Verb
▲
To weaken or reduce in strength or intensity
attenuate
lessen
diminish
decrease
reduce
abate
weaken
lower
mitigate
assuage
temper
shrink
lighten
soothe
contract
calm
dilute
extenuate
disable
undermine
enervate
debilitate
sap
enfeeble
devaluate
dissipate
thin
vitiate
deflate
constrict
offset
take the edge off
water down
moderate
alleviate
ease
soften
allay
quell
ebb
dwindle
dull
blunt
relieve
tone down
wane
de-escalate
taper
subdue
decline
mollify
deaden
subside
drop
drop off
fall
recede
curtail
taper off
remit
ease off
palliate
dampen
cut
fade
peter out
tail off
wind down
check
minimize
US
slacken
damp
die out
fall away
die away
curb
relent
cool
minimise
UK
sink
stifle
relax
die down
drain away
still
pall
phase down
ratchet down
impair
depress
take the sting out
cut down
smother
cut back
let up
restrain
modify
help
depreciate
plummet
quieten
scale down
deplete
roll back
limit
slake
drain
fade away
slump
slash
downscale
minify
clip
erode
mark down
take the bite out
lull
suppress
cushion
placate
mute
downsize
tranquilize
US
decrement
tranquillise
UK
go down
devitalize
put a damper on
go downhill
fall off
etiolate
tire
soft-pedal
quiet
prostrate
pacify
dial down
bring down
melt away
muffle
pare down
incapacitate
appease
plunge
degrade
waste
vanish
wither
dim
nosedive
quench
downgrade
flag
dissolve
trim
slow
pare
shave
torpefy
grow smaller
grow less
become weak
cool off
damp down
waste away
drop away
take down
whittle down
grow faint
disappear
sate
ameliorate
descend
exhaust
deteriorate
collapse
degenerate
crash
fatigue
tame
sweeten
wear away
squelch
devalue
lenify
slip
indispose
commute
wear down
fail
paralyse
UK
prune
knacker
paralyze
US
immobilize
US
heal
slack
decelerate
balm
injure
shatter
close
handicap
blur
get less
become lower
dent
shrivel
axe
UK
couch
get lower
fizzle out
immobilise
UK
get smaller
ax
US
wear out
make less
unstrengthen
do in
make cutbacks in
trim back
slow down
trim down
become smaller
knock out
run down
round down
fade out
make feeble
put the lid on
step down
make smaller
trail off
come to an end
rachet down
make weak
settle down
ease up
write down
slack off
slacken off
make less intense
lay low
put damper on
shorten
salve
smooth
ration
dip
control
adjust
abase
overcome
languish
disempower
narrow
address
improve
die
extinguish
dive
tumble
diffuse
decay
disperse
gutter
numb
fizzle
fix
excuse
unlax
trail
abbreviate
retrench
make weaker
calm down
benumb
compose
go through the floor
hit the floor
desensitize
US
clear
give out
reduce the force of
cease
become less
pour oil on
take a nosedive
go downwards
terminate
melt
become weaker
chill out
cool it
subvert
mellow
go away
put out a fire
do damage control
keep in check
retrogress
sag
grow dim
modulate
weary
dry up
amortise
UK
restrict
whittle
cast down
wreck
ruin
destroy
qualify
amortize
US
tighten
break
cheapen
wear off
cauterize
US
temperate
come to a stop
quieten down
level off
obtund
encumber
hurt
harm
hamper
mar
hinder
eviscerate
hebetate
dulcify
desensitise
UK
cauterise
UK
undervalue
demote
become softer
become quieter
put out of action
confine to a wheelchair
confine to bed
render infirm
smooth down
knock down
slim down
write off
cause to fall
ease up on
get quieter
get softer
evaporate
droop
eat away
rob from
treat
atrophy
crumble
disintegrate
evanesce
nurse
maim
lame
give way
draw to a close
be on the way out
give in
fall short
succor
US
cure
attend
emasculate
remedy
nourish
doctor
disfigure
mutilate
keep down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
cut back on
succour
UK
rehabilitate
make better
damage
sideline
dismember
palsy
deface
dislimb
mangle
make lame
disarm
desist
come down
slack up
die off
settle
repress
contain
comfort
gentle
regulate
constrain
dispel
buffer
bridle
inhibit
satisfy
quash
banish
becalm
console
lullaby
stop
absorb
solace
rein in
play down
loosen
get rid of
resolve
govern
subjugate
hold
measure
reassure
rise above
meliorate
rule
cut off
choke off
keep
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
silence
stabilize
US
hush
counteract
mend
stabilise
UK
defuse
take the sting out of
cool out
quiet down
pull in
attend to
set right
hold back
put an end to
let up on
pour cold water on
dampen down
throw cold water on
steady
revise
discount
put at rest
fix up
take sting out
patch things up
take the bite out of
mask
trammel
intern
confine
make reasonable
restore
loose
reduce the effect of
hold in
satiate
gratify
untrouble
unburden
anaesthetize
UK
mince
take it easy
rectify
smooth over
dismiss
eliminate
cut down on
anesthetize
US
kill
rein
pipe down
conciliate
keep under control
drive away
chase away
put to rest
drive off
make less strict
make less formal
conquer
gruntle
go easy
neutralize
US
make less painful
propitiate
buttress
cheer
neutralise
UK
protect against
meet halfway
lick
become less intense
stem
discipline
iron out
sort out
staunch
harsh
squash
smooth out
clear the air
brighten
defend against
shield against
assure
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
patch up
humble
hold in check
punctuate
vary
take the heat off
cow
get under control
put to rights
safeguard against
reclaim
bust
liss
interrupt
support
soak up
prevent
aid
break up
assist
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
get the better of
bring respite to
make less active
square
get a grip on
bring an end to
upraise
take load off
buck up
take a load off
make something bearable
give solace to
bring aid to
bring aid
condole with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralize
US
dishearten
discourage
dispirit
dismay
depress
deject
daunt
crush
upset
unnerve
chill
dampen
shake
frustrate
unman
cow
abash
sap
disturb
throw
damp
enervate
subdue
weaken
undermine
debilitate
deflate
disconcert
unsettle
rattle
devitalize
disparage
enfeeble
disempower
disarrange
discountenance
disorder
embarrass
muddle
nonplus
cast down
knock for six
knock sideways
knock the stuffing out of
psych out
bring low
get to
blow up
distress
sadden
perturb
deter
faze
dash
bother
trouble
agitate
oppress
worry
scare
alarm
intimidate
fluster
discompose
disquiet
put off
desolate
confound
ail
afflict
discomfit
chagrin
discomfort
mortify
bug
weigh down
disappoint
throw cold water on
vex
frighten
startle
give someone the blues
shock
panic
pour cold water on
confuse
appall
US
perplex
burden
unhinge
flurry
try
appal
UK
weigh heavily on
take aback
beat down
throw off balance
get down
bum out
make despondent
terrify
make unhappy
horrify
terrorize
US
devastate
alarum
spook
affright
overwhelm
irk
awe
shatter
psych
aggrieve
make downhearted
discombobulate
ruffle
shake up
terrorise
UK
make someone fed up
make sad
put someone off their stroke
scare off
make gloomy
exasperate
overcome
distract
bewilder
humble
prostrate
aggravate
demotivate
disincline
undo
surprise
petrify
annoy
puzzle
grieve
weary
fright
flummox
baffle
dull
haunt
bring down
harrow
make dejected
abase
put a damper on
reduce to tears
put the wind up
repel
scarify
foul up
stiff
disburb
take the wind out of your sails
bring tears to your eyes
scare to death
strike terror into
hang over
scare away
cause suffering to
make one's hair stand on end
curdle the blood
make one's blood run cold
set someone back on their heels
make one's heart bleed
dash hopes
chill to the bone
break someone's spirit
put someone off their stride
break someone's heart
make teeth chatter
dispraise
emasculate
cloud
consternate
discommode
suppress
subjugate
lower
break
thwart
traumatize
US
cast a shadow
defeat
stir up
put out
work up
stun
knock the wind out of
put into a flap
harsh one's mellow
dissuade
bear down on
damp down
make uncomfortable
drain
torment
throw into a tizz
disorientate
make uneasy
overpower
whelm
cause someone to lose their composure
cast a pall over
darken
drag
beat
floor
worst
overawe
humiliate
swamp
run down
make self-conscious
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
repress
droop
overmaster
flatten
cast a gloom upon
indispose
turn off
hurt
squash
gravel
disorient
make desolate
keep under
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
make someone's heart bleed
dampen spirits
traumatise
UK
unbalance
make someone jump out of their skin
scare the pants off
scare someone half to death
fill with fear
scare the bejesus out of
scare stiff
give someone goose pimples
throw into a fright
make one's flesh creep
give someone the heebie-jeebies
give one the creeps
freeze your blood
scare someone out of their wits
get the wind up
scare witless
put the fear of God into
scare the living daylights out of
throw into a blue funk
chill to the marrow
irritate
hinder
dampen the spirits of
break one's heart
balk
US
baulk
UK
cause to lose heart
anger
put down
shame
dump
dampen someone's hopes
make worried
make anxious
make nervous
put out of countenance
cause to be at a stand
make someone scratch their head
catch off balance
take by surprise
upset the applecart
stop someone in their tracks
browbeat
cause to lose hope
bulldoze
infuriate
astound
nark
dampen someone's spirit
miff
scare the daylights out of
madden
embitter
sour
hack off
wind up
drive crazy
drive mad
give someone the hump
make discontented
concern
fuss
distemper
frazzle
exercise
hagride
derail
dumbfound
disillusion
mystify
disenchant
disgruntle
paralyse
UK
pother
paralyze
US
freak out
weird out
let down
give a turn
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
throw into a tizzy
demoralise
UK
stupefy
astonish
flabbergast
amaze
stagger
daze
harass
addle
bemuse
bowl over
fox
fuddle
stump
buffalo
befuddle
bamboozle
fret
rock
maze
get
provoke
dumfound
jolt
hassle
thunderstrike
befog
wilder
fog
pose
plague
pester
strike dumb
displease
be all Greek to
surprize
throw off
gall
peeve
burn up
blow away
leave open-mouthed
set someone thinking
blow your mind
nettle
muddy
rile
bully
needle
mix up
leave aghast
knock out
pain
obfuscate
agonize
US
pique
make waves
excite
gnaw at
agonise
UK
give a hard time
craze
knock for a loop
take your breath away
wound
throw a curve
torture
offend
nag
electrify
jar
niggle
strain
pick on
boggle the mind
render speechless
chafe
spite
sicken
persecute
move
affect
rattle one's cage
harry
derange
beset
bedevil
benumb
boggle
stress
bring up short
give someone grief
tick off
get at
spring on
go to your head
grate
hurry
outrage
rasp
bustle
eat
frost
gripe
itch
rouse
flip
badger
unstring
dement
impress
insult
make fretful
frenzy
inflame
egg on
throw into tizzy
dissatisfy
elude
hound
make a scene
antagonize
US
turn on
get across
beleaguer
disrupt
cramp
give a bad time
rack
antagonise
UK
sting
eat away at
disoblige
injure
cause anxiety to
flip out
pull the rug from under
push buttons
pull the rug out from under
boggle the mind of
dis
stymie
lie heavy on
cause anguish to
give offence to
interrupt
make miserable
make wretched
hurt somebody's feelings
weigh on
cut to the quick
rankle with
put one away
cause anxiety
give a shock
knock over with feather
knock over
cause concern to
drive up the wall
make your head spin
mess with one's head
cause discomfort to
stick it to
flutter
incommode
hustle
unquiet
quicken
preoccupy
dizzy
destabilize
US
tangle
make restless
despair
blind
destabilise
UK
cause disquiet to
strike
inconvenience
touch
uncalm
confusticate
incite
galvanize
US
blind someone with something
arouse
conquer
stimulate
revolt
disgust
gobsmack
metagrobolize
goad
ferment
dazzle
flabagast
confuscate
set thinking
galvanise
UK
scandalize
US
nauseate
snow
throw for loop
sweat
fear
stew
intoxicate
catch unawares
inebriate
make punchy
make awkward
show up
turn
incapacitate
roil
burn
make jump
strike with awe
cause wonder
fire up
put off one's stroke
hang up
grind
ball up
catch one short
stumble
anguish
curse
give someone a jolt
give someone a fright
throw a curveball
get someone
lay up
key up
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
knock props out
put on edge
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
send into a spin
make flip
bug up
affront
rock the boat
get on one's nerves
prey on your mind
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
hack you off
strap
dog
tantalize
US
nit-pick
tantalise
UK
prick
push
martyr
make speechless
throw for a loop
possess
cause to panic
scandalise
UK
numb
eat at
arouse anxiety in
do a number on
be on one's case
make it tough for
cut up
get on your wick
slight
loco
be a burden to
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
grind at
nag at
be a great weight on
hector
underwhelm
blackjack
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
break the heart of
gross out
taunt
dragoon
tease
raise someone's eyebrows
bullyrag
abrade
chasten
disrespect
diss
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
shatter the illusions of
burst bubble
dash the hopes of
snub
bogart
bait
stir
railroad
zing
slur
ride
jeer
wear
tyrannize
US
ridicule
bludgeon
crack
gibe
give offence
rub up the wrong way
be disagreeable
put your back up
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
be an affront to
be offensive
put someone's nose out of joint
get your goat
haze
boo
hiss
tyrannise
UK
strong-arm
mau-mau
make insane
lean on
chivy
foil
push around
barrack
heckle
check
turn on the heat
shout catcalls at
shout down
jibe at
shout at
make game of
bar
prevent
obstruct
forestall
stop
stall
impede
counteract
halt
block
curb
checkmate
circumvent
ruin
cramp one's style
throw monkey wrench in
head off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cripple or weaken an element of a video game during its development
nerf
debuff
deteriorate
worsen
degenerate
gimp
Verb
▲
To weaken an armed opposition, such as a military or army
disarm
disband
demilitarise
UK
demilitarize
US
deactivate
demobilise
UK
demobilize
US
incapacitate
debilitate
prostrate
subdue
subjugate
unarm
weaken
render defenceless
deprive of arms
make powerless
take weapons from
demob
exhaust
enervate
tire
sap
enfeeble
weary
fatigue
drain
disable
devitalize
frazzle
immobilize
US
overtire
tax
knacker
overtax
paralyse
UK
poop
hamstring
undermine
etiolate
waste
soften
impair
paralyze
US
whack
handicap
reduce
ruin
wreck
depress
overthrow
mow
defeat
immobilise
UK
knock out
wear out
tire out
make impotent
bring low
take it out of
wash out
lay low
bring someone to their knees
tucker out
make weary
make helpless
do in
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who has severely impaired physical abilities
disabled
disabled person
“He had to endure being a
cripple
for several months as he recovered from the knee injury.”
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crippled financially
cripple financially
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