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paralyze


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.

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.
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