crippling

/ ˈkrɪplɪŋ /

adjective

1. damaging or injurious

Derived Forms

• ˈcripplingly, adverb

Example Sentences

“He will end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America’s Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America.”

From Salon

“In that time when we were trying to find ourselves, Harley developed a crippling stage anxiety and I became a drug addict, basically,” Stephens said.

From BBC

“And it certainly contributed to my absolutely crippling nerves for the first couple of months that we shot. I just was so aware that opportunities like this don’t come around a lot.”

From Los Angeles Times

When Hannah began sitting exams at school, at the age of 10, she started to experience panic attacks and "crippling anxiety".

From BBC

He added the specific decision to lower the threshold at which employers will have to pay National Insurance was a "crippling hammer blow" to the sector.

From BBC

Related Words

• demilitarization
• demobilization