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• v  deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
• v  deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
• s  that cripples or disables or incapacitates
  a crippling injury

• Paulistas do all these things because they have no choice; the city's crippling traffic problem forces them to spend a major proportion of their lives inching their way through .
• The 17th in a family of 19 children, Wilma had a series of crippling childhood diseases, did not walk until she was eight, and then had to wear a hightop, corrective shoe.
• As a crippling drought threatens to destroy livelihoods in one of America's most productive agricultural areas, farmers aren't happy about water restrictions aimed at protecting .

• cripple
• stultify
• lame
• disabling
• incapacitating

News & Articles

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• Local Rotary Clubs and Doc Burnstein’s Partner to Fight Polio
  On June 20, 2013, in order to raise awareness and critically-needed funds to fight the crippling disease of polio, the Rotary Clubs in San Luis Obispo, Pismo/Five Cities, Arroyo Grande, and Grover Beach, as well as the Rotary Club of San Luis Obispo, will be holding a fundraising night at Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab in Arroyo Grande, CA.
  June 15, 2013 - Santa Barbara Independent
• A New Step In Solving The Mystery Of Gulf War Illness
  One of the greatest tolls on a veteran with Gulf War Illness is the crippling but mysterious fatigue that can strike unpredictably and is exacerbated after physical exercise.
  June 14, 2013 - Forbes
• Report says Lack of Finance is Crippling UK Innovation 91% of UK SMEs Failing to Undertake any new Product Development
  MELTON MOWBRAY, England, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Financial constraints are crippling new product development amongst the UK's SME base with engineering and technology companies particularly badly ...
  June 13, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in Bloomberg
  We also have made it clear that we will take action as I've said time and time again, crippling action,Clinton said during the forum in Bangkok.
• John Boehner in International Herald Tribune
  Spending billions of additional federal tax dollars with no promises to reform the root causes crippling automakers' competitiveness around the world is neither fair to taxpayers nor sound fiscal policy,Boehner said.
• Martha Coakley in International Herald Tribune
  Last week's events caused a major disruption in the greater Boston area on many levels,Coakley said, "crippling public transportation, causing serious traffic problems, negatively affecting local businesses and perhaps most significantly,...