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paralyze
[ par-uh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to affect with paralysis.
- to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act:
The strike paralyzed communications.
Other Word Forms
- 貹a·zԳ adjective noun
- 貹a··tDz noun
- 貹a·e noun
- 貹a·iԲ· adverb
- i·貹a· adjective
- ܲ·貹a· adjective
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Example Sentences
“The cut’s deep. The doctor here basically told me if I wasn’t so muscular, I might be dead or paralyzed,” Pham told reporters a few months later at spring training.
Especially younger women can kind of bubble up with anxiety and fear, it’s almost paralyzing, and when you start asking, “ is the worst thing that could happen?” they realize it’s actually not that bad.
But they remained paralyzed with fear, the flames providing the brightest bursts of light against a backdrop so thick with smoke as to be “pitch black.”
She lives with a paralyzing fear of being hunted down and deported without a chance to ensure her affairs are in order.
“He’s paralyzed by his decision to the point where he is not an essential part of his friend group anymore,” said Yang.
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