cripple
/ˈkrɪp(ə)l/
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American sound/ˈkrɪp(ə)l/
cripple
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crip - ple -> cripple
Myanmar meaning
(n) ခြေကျိုးနေသူ။ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာချွတ်ယွင်းနေသူ။ (v) ခြေလက်ကျိုးစေသည်။မစွမ်းမသန်ဖြစ်စေသည်။
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cripple /'krÇpl/ n (sometimes offensive )
မသန်မစွမ်းသူ။
(fig ) a psychological cripple. Compare DISABLED
v (usu passive)
၁။ မသန်မစွမ်းဖြစ်သည်။
crippled by polio ❍ crippled with rheumatism ❍ their crippled daughter.
၂။ အကြီးအကျယ် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးသည်။
a ship crippled by a storm ❍ The business has been crippled by the recession. ❍ The country has crippling (ie extremely large) debts.
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- cripple /'krÇpl/ n ( sometimes offensive ) မသန်မစွမ်းသူ။ ( fig ) a psychological cripple. Compare DISABLED v (usu passive) ၁။ မသန်မစွမ်းဖြစ်သည်။ crippled by polio
- crippled with rheumatism
- their crippled daughter. ၂။ အကြီးအကျယ် ထိခိုက်ပျက်စီးသည်။ a ship crippled by a storm
- The business has been crippled by the recession.
- The country has crippling (ie extremely large) debts.
Synonyms
attenuate, blunt, bring to standstill, cramp, damage, debilitate, destroy, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, halt, hamstring, hinder action, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, progress, prostrate, put out of action, ruin, sap, sideline, spoil, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, vitiate, weaken
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