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were paralyzed
verb
To afflict with paralysis.
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They were paralyzed.
"We were paralyzed".
Managers were paralyzed by anxiety.
Or -- the police brass were paralyzed by their own inefficiency and timorousness.
Scientists hoped that if H.I.V. were paralyzed long enough, the body might purge every infected cell.
During the reign of Augustus II, 10 out of 18 Sejms were paralyzed by liberum veto.
We were paralyzed by red tape, beaten by our own team.
Mr. Conde's legs were paralyzed by a viral infection when he was 14.
Hospitals closed, transportation networks were paralyzed, and garbage rotted on the streets.
With no reliable authority to issue information, the holdouts were paralyzed.
"We were paralyzed with fear," one researcher at the debate said.
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