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PARALYZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they paralyze ... he / she / it paralyzes
Past simple: paralyzed
Past participle: paralyzed
-ing form: paralyzing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause to be paralyzed and immobile
Example:
Fear paralyzed her
Synonyms:
paralyse; paralyze
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "paralyze" is one way to...):
immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "paralyze"):
palsy (affect with palsy)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make powerless and unable to function
Example:
The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation
Synonyms:
paralyse; paralyze
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "paralyze" is one way to...):
deactivate; inactivate (make inactive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples:
Our ultimate hope is that the results of our experiments will help patients recover from the paralyzing effects caused by strokes and other neurological injuries by informing the strategies they use to ‘relearn’ lost skills.
(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)
In past research, electrical stimulation of the lower spinal cord, combined with motor training, allowed patients who were paralyzed below the chest because of spinal cord injuries to regain some voluntary movement of their legs.
(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)
I'm p-paralyzed with happiness.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
