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US
/ˈpɛɹəˌɫaɪz/
]
VERB
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make powerless and unable to function
The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation -
cause to be paralyzed and immobile
The poison paralyzed him
Fear paralyzed her
How To Use paralyze In A Sentence
- From a mail-order house she ordered a battery-operated galvanic device which applied the stimulation of low-voltage electrical current to his paralyzed limbs.
- I was roped to Jim, but it was of no use; my feet were paralyzed and slipped on the bare rock, and he said it was useless to try to go that way, and we retraced our steps.
- Most patients succumb when the diaphragm and rib muscles become paralyzed, and breathing becomes impossible.
- The scientists then injected those neurons into the lumbar spinal cords of the paralyzed rats.
- The accident left her paralyzed from the waist down.
- One such problem that was discussed was selective mutism, an anxiety disorder that Dr. Koplewicz described as "when kids are chatterboxes at home, and yet are literally paralyzed in strange situations. Child Mind Institute Luncheon
- She became paralyzed eight years ago when she fell off a stool and broke her thigh.
- As we all know, my wife is paralyzed from the waist down.
- With promises such as regrown spinal-cord tissue allowing the paralyzed to walk again, many people find it hard to draw the line and say no. Archive 2005-06-01
- As though in a trance they stood, staring at that white mask with its black eyes and frame of sable hair, paralyzed by hesitation.