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paralyse

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

verb

  1. pathol to affect with paralysis
  2. med to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain, touch, etc, esp by injection of an anaesthetic
  3. to make immobile; transfix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌ貹ˈپDz, noun
  • ˈ貹ˌ, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of paralyse1

C19: from French paralyser, from paralysie paralysis
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In short, Hezbollah has had the ability to paralyse the state, and many times has done so.

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Once described as the "fittest" match official in global football and a martial arts expert, he is now learning to walk again after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down.

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Oo Oo had to retire from his job as a boatman when he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed.

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It was Dani's fourth pregnancy, her second since a rugby tackle left her paralysed from the waist down.

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The government appeared paralysed: stand up to the miners and strikes could shut down the power system, but give in and pay them more money and inflation would rocket.

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