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Crippling

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That cripples or incapacitates

    "crippling depression"

  2. 2
    Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental.

    "The high cost of capital has a crippling effect on many small firms."

  3. 3
    Causing serious injuries, damage, or harm; damaging.

    "crippling debt"

Adjective
  1. 1
    that cripples or disables or incapacitates wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which somebody or something is crippled. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of cripple form-of, gerund, participle, present

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