cripple (verb)
31mutilate — verb 1) the bodies had been mutilated Syn: mangle, maim, disfigure, butcher, dismember; cripple 2) the painting was mutilated Syn: vandalize, damage, deface, ruin, spoil, destroy …
32undermine — verb 1) their integrity is being undermined Syn: subvert, undercut, sabotage, threaten, weaken, compromise, diminish, reduce, impair, mar, spoil, ruin, damage, hurt, injure, cripple, sap, sha …
33weaken — verb 1) the virus weakened him terribly Syn: enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate, sap, enervate, tire, exhaust, wear out; wither, cripple, disable, emasculate 2) she tried to weaken the blow for him Syn …
34whittle — verb 1) he sat whittling a piece of wood Syn: pare, shave, trim, carve, shape, model 2) his powers were whittled away Syn: erode, wear away, eat away, reduce, diminish …
35kneecap — Verb. To cripple someone by shooting or hitting their kneecaps as a means of punishment …
36disable — verb 1) an injury that could disable somebody for life Syn: incapacitate, put out of action, debilitate, handicap, cripple, lame, maim, immobilize, paralyse 2) the bomb squad disabled the device Syn: deactivate …
37maim — verb Syn: injure, wound, cripple, disable, incapacitate, mutilate, disfigure, mangle …
38crip´pler — crip|ple «KRIHP uhl», noun, adjective, verb, pled, pling. –n. 1. a person or animal that cannot use his legs, arms, or body properly because of injury, deformity, or lack; lame person or animal: »Long John Silver was a cripple who limped on a… …
39crip|ple — «KRIHP uhl», noun, adjective, verb, pled, pling. –n. 1. a person or animal that cannot use his legs, arms, or body properly because of injury, deformity, or lack; lame person or animal: »Long John Silver was a cripple who limped on a wooden leg.… …
40maim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cripple, disfigure, mutilate, lame, impair. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mutilate, mangle, cripple, incapacitate, disable, disfigure, injure, hack, truncate, impair, disqualify,… …
