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- Dictionarycripple/ˈkrɪpl/
verb
- 1. cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally: "developing countries are crippled by their debts" Similar Opposite
- 2. cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally: "a young student was crippled for life" Similar
noun
- 1. a person with a severe limitation of a specified kind: "an emotional cripple"
- 2. a person who is unable to walk or move normally through disability or because of injury to their back or legs. dated, offensive
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to prevent software or a device from working normally, usually intentionally in order to make the user pay for more software, for another device, etc.: The company released software that crippled unlocked phones, preventing them from being used on other carriers ' networks.
The meaning of CRIPPLE is a lame or partly disabled person or animal. How to use cripple in a sentence.
cripple, disable mean to injure to a degree that interferes with normal activities. To cripple is to injure in such a way as to deprive of the use of a member, particularly a leg. disable, a more general word, implies any such illness, injury, or impairment: disabled by an attack of malaria; disabled by a wound.
Definition of cripple verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When referring to someone for whom it is difficult or impossible to walk or move without some kind of external aid like crutches or a wheelchair, sensitivity is called for. The noun cripple and the adjective crippled are no longer considered appropriate.
cripple. To cripple is to leave someone unable to walk. Terrible car accidents, for example, can sometimes cripple their victims. Use the verb cripple to describe what is done to a person whose legs are so badly injured that they can't be used.
CRIPPLE definition: 1. to injure someone so that they cannot use their arms or legs: 2. to damage something very badly…. Learn more.
There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word cripple, three of which are labelled obsolete, and two of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
n. 1. offensive a person who is lame. 2. offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way: a mental cripple. 3. (Physical Geography) dialect US a dense thicket, usually in marshy land. vb. (tr) to make a cripple of; disable.
Cripple Definition. A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs. A person or animal that is lame or otherwise disabled in a way that prevents normal motion of the limbs or body. Thicketed, swampy or low, wet land. A damaged or defective object or device.
