Synonyms for crippled
crip·pled

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1. crippledadjective

   Antonyms:
   uncrippled, noncrippled

2. crippledadjective

   1848 A crippled man, twenty years older than you, whom you will have to wait on? — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chapter 17.

   Antonyms:
   noncrippled, uncrippled

3. crippledadjective

   1893 The Percy Driscoll estate was in such a crippled shape when its owner died that it could pay only sixty percent of its great indebtedness, and was settled at that rate. — Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson.

   Antonyms:
   noncrippled, uncrippled

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1. crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, gameadjective

   disabled in the feet or legs

   "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

   Synonyms:
   mettlesome, halt, spirited, lame, halting, gamy, gritty, feeble, gamey, spunky, gimpy, game

   Antonyms:
   fit

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1. crippledadjective

   Synonyms:
   maimed, lame, disabled, deformed, halt

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1. List of paraphrases for "crippled":

   paralyzed, paralysed, hamstrung, mutilated, disabled, handicapped

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How to use crippled in a sentence?

1. Sarosh Zaiwalla:

   Sanctions have crippled Iran's oil production, halving oil exports and severely limiting new development projects. The prospect of them being lifted is creating great excitement ... as foreign trade and investment will allow Iran to make huge efficiencies and drive down the cost of production.

2. Sarosh Zaiwalla:

   With a nuclear deal imminent, it is clear that Iran is preparing to make up lost ground and re-establish itself as a major supplier, sanctions have crippled Iran's oil production, halving oil exports and severely limiting new development projects. The prospect of them being lifted is creating great excitement within the industry, as foreign trade and investment will allow Iran to make huge efficiencies and drive down the cost of production.

3. Lezley McSpadden:

   Almost four years ago to this day, I ran down this very street, and my son was covered in a sheet. It broke me, you know. It brought me down to my knees and made me feel crippled, as if I could do nothing else anymore, i learned to walk again.

4. Yuval Ben-Itzhak:

   There were several waves of these samples, usually four times per year. This crippled-sample generation lasted for about four years. The last wave was received at the beginning of the year 2013.

5. Nadia Gul:

   We have fears in our minds and in our hearts, but we will not lose courage, our aim, the aim of all the polio workers, is that we end this scourge in our country, so that no child, God forbid, is crippled.