paralyse

paralyse
[[t]pæ̱rəlaɪz[/t]]
paralyses, paralysing, paralysed
(in AM, use paralyze)
1) VERB If someone is paralysed by an accident or an illness, they have no feeling in their body, or in part of their body, and are unable to move.

[be V-ed] Her married sister had been paralysed in a road accident.

[V n] ...a virus which paralysed his legs.

Syn:
Derived words:
paralysed ADJ

The disease left him with a paralysed right arm.

...sports for people paralysed by illness or injury.

2) VERB If a person, place, or organization is paralysed by something, they become unable to act or function properly.

[be V-ed] For weeks now the government has been paralysed by indecision...

[be V-ed] He was suddenly paralysed by fear...

[V n] The strike has virtually paralysed the island.

Derived words:
paralysed ADJ

He was absolutely paralysed with shock.

...an indefinite period of chaos, with disrupted air services and a paralysed civil service.

paralysing ADJ-GRADED ADJ n

...paralysing shyness.

...a wave of paralysing strikes.


English dictionary. 2008.

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