paralyse
IPA: pɝˈæɫʌs
verb
- (transitive) To afflict with paralysis.
- (transitive) To make unable to move; to immobilize.
- (transitive) To make unable to function properly.
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Examples of "paralyse" in Sentences
- Romberg had not observed this in other paralyses.
- Pulverised bark is thrown into water to paralyse fish.
- In June 1829, she was paralysed after a bout of the measles.
- An attack of hemiplegia and aphasia in 1935 left him paralysed.
- The wasp larva then slowly consumes the paralysed beetle larva.
- Curare was not an anaesthetic after all, just a muscle paralyser.
- There is nothing in such dreams that would distort or paralyse labour power.
- Shadow chancellor George Osborne said the hung parliament would "paralyse" the economy.
- Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi has vowed to "paralyse" gang violence in the Western Cape within the next two months.
- He adds there will be a dip in confidence, a run on the pound and disastrous interest rate rises that will 'paralyse' the country.
- The Tories stepped up their efforts to reverse the Liberal Democrat poll surge on Monday, with a warning a hung parliament would 'paralyse' the country.
- Another well-known spokesman for the gay community, Aurelio Mancuso, condemned Panorama's investigation as a "horrible political and cultural operation", but agreed that if priests in Rome were to follow the advice given to them in yesterday's statement, it would "paralyse" the diocese.