Thesaurus: cripple

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1. n. One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
2. a. Lame; halting.
3. v. t. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.
4. v. t. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.
5. n. someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
6. v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
7. v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
8. One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled. I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden. Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak. 1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame. He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott. 2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled. More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey. An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.
9. One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or neverhad, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who ispartially disabled.I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, thereader must determine. Dryden.
10. n:24/v:76 n. someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg