Dictionary Entry
paralyze
paralyze is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 23 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
- 3verb
cause to be paralyzed and immobile
"The poison paralyzed him"
"Fear paralyzed her"
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- 4verb
make powerless and unable to function
"The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
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