(~s, paralysing, ~d)
Note: in AM, use 'paralyze'
1.
If someone is ~d by an accident or an illness, they have no feeling in their body, or in part of their body, and are unable to move.
Her married sister had been ~d in a road accident.
...a virus which ~d his legs.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~d
The disease left him with a ~d right arm.
ADJ
2.
If a person, place, or organization is ~d by something, they become unable to act or function properly.
For weeks now the government has been ~d by indecision...
The strike has virtually ~d the island.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
~d
He was absolutely ~d with shock.
ADJ
paralysing
...paralysing shyness.
ADJ: ADJ n