- present participle of cripple.
crippling
Britishadjective
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Crippling the organization could take weeks or even months of additional airstrikes and other military steps, analysts and Iranian opposition leaders said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
Their main target: Crippling the Russian war machine.
From BBC • May 15, 2024
Crippling debt, financial desperation and a general lack of prospects in all aspects of life were at the heart of Netflix’s global sensation “Squid Game.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
"Crippling losses in revenue … threaten the viability of a substantial number of healthcare facilities and providers."
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2022
“I got Mrs. Able to an ambulance. Both towers down, just gone. Crippling smoke. Pulverized concrete. This bag”—he holds it high—“holds some of the dust. Ashes, too.”
From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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