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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]:
paralyzed
adj : affected or subject to with paralysis [syn: {paralytic}]
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