cripple

crip-ple · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To cause severe damage or harm to something, making it unable to function properly.

  2. 2.

    (dated, now considered offensive) A person who is unable to walk or move normally due to disability or injury.

  3. 3.

    To cause someone to become unable to walk or move normally.

Related words

Antonyms: enable, strengthen
See also: crippled, disable, impair
Synonyms: disable, impair, incapacitate, paralyze

Etymology

From Old English crypel, related to creopan meaning "to creep."