Paralyze

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.
  • v. To make unable to move or act: paralyzed by fear.
  • v. To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless: strict regulations that paralyze economic activity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To afflict with paralysis.
  • v. To render unable to move; to immobilize.
  • v. To render unable to function properly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
  • v. To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To affect with paralysis.
  • To render helpless, useless, or ineffective, as if by paralysis; deaden the action or power of in any way: as, the sight paralyzed him with fear.
  • Also spelled paralyse.
    • 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
    • Verb Form
    paralyzed    paralyzes    paralyzing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inactivate    deactivate   
    Cross Reference
    enervate    disable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unnerve   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sterilize   
     
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