51Թ

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paralyse

/ ˈæəˌɪ /

verb

  1. pathol to affect with paralysis
  2. med to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain, touch, etc, esp by injection of an anaesthetic
  3. to make immobile; transfix
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌ貹ˈپDz, noun
  • ˈ貹ˌ, noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of paralyse1

C19: from French paralyser, from paralysie paralysis
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Shops have reopened, hookah smokers are back at crowded cafes, and the suburb seems as busy as before, with its persistently paralysing traffic.

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The rapid change has shaken US businesses with decades of ties to China, which now find themselves paralysed and unsure how this escalating trade fight might end.

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In short, Hezbollah has had the ability to paralyse the state, and many times has done so.

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Once described as the "fittest" match official in global football and a martial arts expert, he is now learning to walk again after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down.

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Oo Oo had to retire from his job as a boatman when he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed.

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