crippling

🇬🇧 UK/'kripliŋ/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Causing severe physical disability or serious damage; severely harmful or detrimental.

使人残废的;造成严重损害的

n.

The act of making someone or something unable to function normally.

致残;严重损坏

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
cripplingother
=crippling

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The crippling debt forced the company into bankruptcy.

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