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paralyser

  • a word derived from paralyse.
    paralyse
    verb
    pathol to affect with paralysis

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Years passed and the paralyser of the Spiders still refused to reveal her secret; I was badly served by circumstances, could find no leisure, was absorbed in unrelenting preoccupations.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The Philanthus is a butcher and not a paralyser.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The Ammophila, the Scolia, the Philanthus and the others all tell us the same thing: none can leave descendants if she be not from the outset the skilful paralyser or slayer that she is to-day.

From More Hunting Wasps by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

Fabre has presented us to his Sphex, the "infallible paralyser."

From Fabre, Poet of Science by Miall, Bernard

Thou art the paralyser of the strength of the celestial chief himself.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

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