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cripple

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Singular
cripple

Plural
cripples

Drawing of a crippled man.
  1. (countable) (old, no longer used) (offensive) A cripple is a person whose mobility has been impaired or disabled.
    The cripple couldn't find a job and started to beg on the streets.

Verb

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Plain form
cripple

Third-person singular
cripples

Past tense
crippled

Past participle
crippled

Present participle
crippling

  1. (transitive) If you cripple something, you damage it so that it cannot work normally.
    The game is crippled with a 60-minute free version until Mom buys it.
  2. (transitive) To injure or harm someone so that they are unable to walk or move in the usual way.
    The car bomb crippled five passers-by.