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Paralyse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Chiefly British Variant of paralyze.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To afflict with paralysis.

v. To make unable to move; to immobilize.

v. To make unable to function properly.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. Same as paralyze.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. make powerless and unable to function

v. cause to be paralyzed and immobile

Word Usage

"Another well-known spokesman for the gay community, Aurelio Mancuso, condemned Panorama's investigation as a "horrible political and cultural operation", but agreed that if priests in Rome were to follow the advice given to them in yesterday's statement, it would "paralyse" the diocese."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Variant

paralyze