paralyze[verb]Synonyms: cripple, disable, disarm, immobilize, incapacitate, prostrate, weaken, daze, bedaze, bemuse, benumb, petrify, stun, stupefy
Antonyms: galvanize
Contrasted words: animate, enliven, pep (up), stimulate
Related Idioms: bring to a grinding halt, tie hand and foot
Related Words: deaden,
enfeeble,
weaken,
close,
shut (down),
freeze,
demolish,
destroy,
knock out,
appall,
daunt,
dismay,
horrify,
cripple,
disable,
astound,
flabbergast,
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I. par‧a‧lyse British English,
paralyze American English /ˈpærəlaɪz/
verb [transitive]1. if something paralyses you, it makes you lose the ability to move part or all of your body, or to feel it:
Her legs were partly paralysed in the crash.2. to make something unable to operate normally:
Fear of unemployment is paralysing the economy. Motor traffic was paralysed in much of the city. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲