verb
1 injure
ADVERB
▪ for life , permanently
▪
As a child she contracted polio and was ~d for life.
▪ emotionally
PHRASES
▪ be ~d with
▪
He's eighty and ~d with arthritis.
▪ leave sb ~d
▪
The disease left him ~d.
2 damage
ADVERB
▪ severely
▪
A strike would severely ~ the airline.
▪ financially
▪
The industry has been financially ~d by these policies.
Cripple is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ economy , ↑ industry