A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.
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Paralyze
//ˈpæɹəlaɪz//
Synonyms for "paralyze" (95 found)
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4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
2 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَشَلَّ verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- iflic etmək verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Belarusian
1 entries- паралізава́ць verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Bulgarian
1 entries- парализи́рам verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Catalan
1 entries- paralitzar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 麻痺 /麻痹 verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Czech
2 entries- ochromit verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- paralyzovat verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Dutch
1 entries- verlammen verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Esperanto
1 entries- paralizi verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Finnish
1 entries- halvaannuttaa verb (to afflict with paralysis)
French
1 entries- paralyser verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Galician
2 entries- entanguiñar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- paralizar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
German
2 entries- lähmen verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- paralysieren verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׁיתֵּק verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Hungarian
1 entries- megbénít verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Italian
1 entries- paralizzare verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Japanese
1 entries- 麻痺する verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Mongolian
2 entries- саа дайрах verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- ᠰᠠ ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠬᠤ verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Māori
3 entries- mae verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- pararaiha verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- pararūtiki verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Occitan
1 entries- paralisar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Polish
2 entries- paraliżować verb (to afflict with paralysis)
- sparaliżować verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Portuguese
1 entries- paralisar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Romanian
1 entries- paraliza verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Russian
1 entries- парализова́ть verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Spanish
1 entries- paralizar verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Swedish
1 entries- förlama verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Ukrainian
1 entries- паралізува́ти verb (to afflict with paralysis)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Aggregating anemones use their tentacles to sting and paralyze prey.
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Choice overload can paralyze people into avoiding decision-making.
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William used a stun gun to paralyze Sandra.
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