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Etymology
Anglo-Saxon crypel, cognate with cr�opan, "to creep", "to crawl"; confer Dutch kreupel, German Krüppel, Old Norse cryppill.

Pronunciation
IPA|/kɹɪpl/, SAMPA|/kr\Ipl/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪp�l|-ɪp�l

Adjective
en-adj

1. crippled|Crippled.

#*1599 � w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:The_Life_of_Henry_the_Fifth|Henry V, iv 1
#*:And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away.

Translations
trans-top|Crippled
Finnish: rampa
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Noun
en-noun

1. offensive a person who has severe impairment in his physical ability|abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.

#: He returned from war a cripple . This use is politically incorrect.

1. a shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.

Synonyms
disabled person

Translations
trans-top|a person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities
Finnish: invalidi, vammainen, rampa
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German: Krüppel m
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trans-top|a shortened wooden stud or brace
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Verb
en-verb|crippl|ing

1. to make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability

#:The car bomb crippled five passers-by.

1. figuratively to damage seriously; to destroy

#:My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money.

1. to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless.

#:The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save.

Translations
trans-top|to give someone a physical disability
Finnish: vammauttaa
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German: verkrüppeln
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trans-top|to damage seriously; to destroy
Finnish: tuhota
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German: zunichte machen
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trans-top|to release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality
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Related terms
disfigurement
lame
paralysis
disability

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