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verb | noun cripplecripple1 /ˈkrɪpəl/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYcripple1Origin: Old English crypel VERB TABLEcripple |
Present | I, you, we, they | cripple | | he, she, it | cripples | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | crippled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have crippled | | he, she, it | has crippled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had crippled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cripple | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have crippled |
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Present | I | am crippling | | he, she, it | is crippling | | you, we, they | are crippling | Past | I, he, she, it | was crippling | | you, we, they | were crippling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been crippling | | he, she, it | has been crippling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been crippling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be crippling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been crippling |
1to hurt or wound someone so badly that he or she cannot walk or move correctly SYN disable: The accident crippled her for life.2to seriously damage something so that it no longer works or is no longer effective: Asia’s economy has been crippled by inflation.—crippled adjective—crippling adjective verb | noun cripplecripple2 noun [countable] 1offensive someone who cannot walk → disabled2emotional cripple someone who is not able to deal with his or her own or other people’s feelings: Losing my family left me an emotional cripple. |