Synonyms for crippling
crip·pling

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1. crippling, disabling, incapacitatingadjective

   that cripples or disables or incapacitates

   "a crippling injury"

   Synonyms:
   disabling, incapacitating, disqualifying

   Antonyms:
   healthful

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1. nerf

   the term in gaming ones, as slang, to make it weaker or worse

   there is a nerf to the skills in-game.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "crippling":

   paralysing, incapacitating, devastating, overwhelming, ruinous, disabling, debilitating

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1. Howard Weintraub:

   I think there’s more to doing medicine then counting body bags, preventing things that can be life changing, crippling, and certainly change your quality of life forever going forward, and your cost of doing things going forward, I think is a good thing.

2. Mehmet Oz:

   I’m a doctor, and I get if he is too sick to participate because of his crippling stroke, but he does have to come forward and transparently explain to Pennsylvania what is going on.

3. Stuart King:

   It's an interesting balancing act with the UK wanting to be seen as thought leaders without crippling international competitiveness in other areas like remuneration.

4. The Hollywood Reporter:

   The crippling economics of Broadway have long since ushered in the era of downsized casts and mini-orchestras, so the sheer spectacle value of an opulently costumed 50-member troupe, accompanied by 29 musicians in the pit, is enough to make a musical-theater lover's head explode.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   It is immoral and unconscionable that families across the country are finding themselves nearly broke or bankrupt because of crippling medical debt while the health care industry made more than $100 billion in profits last year.