Sentence examples for be crippled from inspiring English sources

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be crippled

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To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability

  • The car bomb crippled five passers-by.

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The insurers would be crippled.

You'd be crippled without boots.

He didn't want to be crippled.

You'd be crippled by the interest payments.

They could be crippled by their pension liabilities.

Many councils fear they will be crippled by the costs.

Air traffic in Japan would not be crippled.

"She will be crippled, I think," he said.

If they carry out their threat, LIFFE could be crippled.

He had finally decided that the pizza cone would always be crippled by its appearance.

It can also be crippled or delayed by electronically jamming enemy communications.

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