CRIPPLING


Meaning of CRIPPLING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ krɪplɪŋ ]

1.

A crippling illness or disability is one that severely damages your health or your body.

Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases...

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If you say that an action, policy, or situation has a crippling effect on something, you mean it has a very serious, harmful effect.

The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small American high-tech firms...

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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