paralyse

verb (used with object), par·a·lyzed, par·a·lyz·ing.

1. to affect with paralysis.
2. to bring to a condition of helpless stoppage, inactivity, or inability to act: The strike paralyzed communications.

verb (tr)

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

v.alternative (chiefly British) spelling of paralyze. For ending, see -ize. Related: Paralysed; paralysing. v.1804, from French paralyser (16c.), from Old French paralisie “paralysis,” from Latin paralysis (see paralysis). Figurative use from 1805. Related: Paralyzed; paralyzing. v.

1. To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.