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Example sentences for: cripple

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In Hong Kong the South China Morning Post reported on its front page that Indonesia's anti-riot forces have been ordered "to shoot to cripple rather than kill" in clashes with protestors.
Quoting a military manual leaked to the Jakarta Post , the paper said platoon leaders have been authorized to use live ammunition "in self-defense to cripple rioters who are clearly threatening to kill others [or to] cause heavy material damage."
Last year's spin: Confused computers could cripple basic services.
When he got caught telling a dumb, nasty about Chelsea Clinton--the kind of crack that might cripple the career of someone else in Congress--he apologized immediately, was forgiven by the president, and the love-in continued.
Newsweek claims we're all "married to the market": Americans invest more than ever before (42 percent of households' financial assets are in the stock market), and a crash would so cripple the economy that even noninvestors would suffer.