Synonyms for crippling
crip·pling

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1. crippling, disabling, incapacitatingadjective

   that cripples or disables or incapacitates

   "a crippling injury"

   Synonyms:
   disabling, incapacitating, disqualifying

   Antonyms:
   healthful

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1. nerf

   the term in gaming ones, as slang, to make it weaker or worse

   there is a nerf to the skills in-game.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "crippling":

   paralysing, incapacitating, devastating, overwhelming, ruinous, disabling, debilitating

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1. Zac Brown:

   This is really strange circumstances because normally under pressure entertainment and music always survives. People want to feel good. They wan na come out and see music and we wan na be able to be there as a beacon to help remind them that everything is going to be OK during hard times, but this has been crippling because people can't gather together.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   What the DNC did, arbitrarily, without discussing it with us, is shut off our access to our information, crippling our campaign.

3. Albert Einstein:

   The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a perparation for his future career.

4. Sienna Miller:

   …I get her in the bath and in my bed, and I’m just, like, literally naked, mopping, and crying at midnight, you know, and that’s parenthood. You’re so enriched by it and so fulfilled, but at the same time, I look at these people who just don’t have any responsibility, and it feels like the responsibility is crippling.

5. Bryan Ma:

   At the very least, we know the Google apps won't be available, and that could be crippling.