cripple
🇺🇸
/ˈkrɪpl/
🇬🇧
/ˈkrɪpl/
verb
R
to badly damage or harm someone or something
The storm crippled the city's power system.
R
to hurt someone's body so they cannot walk or move easily
The accident crippled his legs.
noun
R
an offensive word for a person with physical disabilities
Using the word cripple to describe someone is disrespectful.
translation
to badly damage or harm someone or something; to hurt someone's body so they cannot walk or move easily
an offensive word for a person with physical disabilities
Word Forms
3rd Present
cripples
Past
crippled
Perfect
crippled
Progressive
crippling
Plural
cripples