Words similar to cripple

Example sentences for: cripple

How can you use “cripple” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The only way to squelch subversive messages is to block the Internet entirely, which would cripple economic growth.
Hastert won't cripple the party with a too-big mouth and too-big ideas, as Newt Gingrich did, and he won't cripple it with an embarrassing history, as Livingston did.
Economists everywhere would frown on the idea of ghettoizing an industry that is only in its infancy--to do so would irrevocably cripple its progress and make the possibility of lower costs almost nonexistent.
Last year's spin: Confused computers could cripple basic services.
He's also supervising U.N. reforms and environmental regulations that will cripple U.S. sovereignty, warns the article.