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Meaning of cripple

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cripple
      n 1: someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury
           or disability to the legs or back
      v 1: deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or
           worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their
           behavior stultified the boss's hard work" [syn: {cripple},
           {stultify}]
      2: deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident
         has crippled her for life" [syn: {cripple}, {lame}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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