paralyze

transitive verb

To affect with paralysis; cause to be paralytic.

transitive verb

To make unable to move or act.

transitive verb

To impair the progress or functioning of; make inoperative or powerless.

To affect with paralysis.

To render helpless, useless, or ineffective, as if by paralysis; deaden the action or power of in any way: as, the sight paralyzed him with fear.

Also spelled paralyse.

transitive verb

To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.

transitive verb

To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective

verb

To afflict with paralysis.

verb

To render unable to move; to immobilize.