paralyze – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
paralyze
v.
cause palsy, make immobile, cause paralysis
Paralysis
Paralysis is loss of
muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. About 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed with some form of paralysis, transient or permanent. The word comes from the
Greek παράλυσις, "disabling of the nerves", itself from παρά (
para), "beside, by" and λύσις (
lysis), "loosing" and that from λύω (
luō), "to loose". A paralysis accompanied by involuntary tremors is usually called "
palsy".
paralyze
Verb
1. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"
(synonym) paralyse
(hypernym) inactivate, deactivate
2. cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"
(synonym) paralyse
(hypernym) immobilize, immobilise
(hyponym) palsy
Paralyze
(v. t.)
To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
(v. t.)
Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
paralyze
Synonyms and related words:
KO, amaze, anesthetize, appall, astonish, astound, awe, awestrike, bedaze, bedazzle, bemuse, benumb, besot, bewilder, blunt, boggle, bowl down, bowl over, chloroform, close, coldcock, confound, cripple, daunt, daze, dazzle, deaden, deflate, demolish, desensitize, destroy, disable, disarm, dismay, dope, drug, dull, dumbfound, dumbfounder, enchain, enfeeble, etherize, flabbergast, freeze, gag, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, horrify, immobilize, incapacitate, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay out, manacle, muzzle, narcotize, nonplus, numb, obtund, overwhelm, palsy, perplex, petrify, prostrate, put to sleep, scare stiff, scare to death, shock, shut down, silence, stagger, startle, strangle, strike dead, strike dumb, strike terror into, strike with wonder, stun, stupefy, surprise, terrify, throttle, truss up, weaken
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
