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paralyze

[ par-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

paralyzed, paralyzing.
  1. to affect with paralysis.
  2. to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act:

    The strike paralyzed communications.



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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of paralyze1

First recorded in 1795–1805; back formation from paralysis, modeled on analyze
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Synonym Study

See shock 1.
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Example Sentences

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“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.

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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.

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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.”

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She lives with a paralyzing fear of being hunted down and deported without a chance to ensure her affairs are in order.

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“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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