1. Affected with paralysis
   - paralytic, paralyzed [N. Amer]

1. Make powerless and unable to function
   "The bureaucracy paralyses the entire operation"
   - paralyze [N. Amer] 
2. Cause to be paralysed and immobile
   "The poison paralysed him"; "Fear paralysed her"
   - paralyze [N. Amer]

See also: ill, sick

Type of: deactivate, immobilise [Brit], immobilize, inactivate

Encyclopedia: Paralyse

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