B2verb · intransitive · rare

cripple

crip·ple

cripple · cripples · crippled · crippling

поранити, захворіти, хворіти

разрушать, калечить, подрывать, искалечить

lähmen, zunichte machen, verkrüppeln

To make someone a crippleTo make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.

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/ˈkɹɪp(ə)l/

» Tom was crippled by the accident.

Том был покалечен в аварии.

Meaning

5 senses

To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
The car bomb crippled five passers-by.
verkrüppeln, lähmen
кале́читьkaléčitʹ, искале́читьiskaléčitʹ, изувечитьizuvečitʹ
(figuratively)To damage seriously; to destroy.
My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.
zunichte machen
подрыватьpodryvatʹ, разрушатьrazrušatʹ
(figuratively)To cause severe and disabling damage; to make unable to function normally.
To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.
ограничивать функциональностьograničivatʹ funkcionalʹnostʹ, урезать функционалurezatʹ funkcional
(slang)To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.

More definitions

deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

Examples

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Tom was crippled by the accident.
ruТом был покалечен в аварии.
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I didn't make you a cripple.
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Tom is a cripple.
ruТом инвалид.
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The accident crippled Tom.
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I'm not a cripple.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to give someone a physical disability:

to damage seriously; to destroy:

to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to give someone a physical disability:

to damage seriously; to destroy:

Origin

From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”

From Middle English cripel, crepel, crüpel, from Old English crypel (“crippled; a cripple”), from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (“tending to crawl; a cripple”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to bend, crouch, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to bend, twist”), equivalent to creep + -le. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, Low German Kröpel, German Krüppel, Old Norse kryppill.

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