CRIPPLE


Meaning of CRIPPLE in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .