cripple (verb)

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  • 53damage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. harm, injure, mar, impair. n. deterioration, harm, injury; (pl.), amends, recompense (see compensation). See weakness, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. harm, hurt, impairment, wound,… …

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  • 54harm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. deterioration, evil, dishonor, mischief, injury. v. damage, injure; desecrate, abuse, break. See malevolence, wrong. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Injury] Syn. hurt, infliction, impairment; see injury 1 . 2 …

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  • 55mutilate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. maim, destroy, cripple; disfigure, deface, mar. See distortion, deterioration, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To maim] Syn. disfigure, dismember, mangle, cut off, cut up; see also maim ,… …

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  • 56sabotage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destruction, vandalism; subversion. v. t. destroy, cripple, disable, undermine, scuttle, throw a monkey wrench in the works (inf.). See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. demolition, overthrow,… …

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  • 57hamstring — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cripple, disable, injure; see hurt 1 , weaken 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cripple, handicap, hobble. see disable III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To restrict the activity or free movement of: chain, fetter, hamper,… …

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  • 58weaken — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weaker] Syn. lessen, lose, decrease, relapse, soften, relax, droop, fail, wane, crumble, halt, limp, languish, fade, decline, abate, totter, tremble, flag, faint, wilt, lose spirit, become disheartened, fail in… …

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  • 59creep — [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European *greub . This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple.… …

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  • 60creep — [OE] Creep is an ancient verb, which has been traced back to Indo–European *greub . This was the source also of Dutch kriupen and Swedish krypa ‘creep’, and of Lithuanian grubineti ‘stumble’, and links have been suggested with English cripple.… …

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