cripple
/ˈkɹɪpl/
noun
- 1
(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
“He returned from war a cripple.”
- 2
A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
- 3
Scrapple.
- 4
(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.
Synonyms
verb
- 1
To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired
“The car bomb crippled five passers-by.”
- 2
To damage seriously; to destroy
“My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.”
- 3
To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.
“The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.”
- 4
To nerf something which is overpowered
adjective
- 1
Crippled.
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