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paralyze


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Paralyze  \Par"a*lyze\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Paralyzed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Paralyzing}.]  [F.  paralyser.  See  {Paralysis}.] 
  1.  To  affect  or  strike  with  paralysis  or  palsy. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  To  unnerve;  to  destroy  or  impair  the  energy  of  to 
  render  ineffective;  as  the  occurrence  paralyzed  the 
  community;  despondency  paralyzed  his  efforts. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paralyze 
  v  1:  make  powerless  and  unable  to  function;  "The  bureaucracy 
  paralyzes  the  entire  operation" 
  2:  cause  to  be  paralyzed  and  immobile;  "The  poison  paralyzed 
  him";  "Fear  paralyzed  her"  [syn:  {paralyse}] 




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