paralyse
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par·a·lyse
(păr′ə-līz′)v. Chiefly British
Variant of paralyze.
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paralyse
(ˈpærəˌlaɪz) orparalyze
vb (tr)
1. (Pathology) pathol to affect with paralysis
2. (Medicine) med to render (a part of the body) insensitive to pain, touch, etc, esp by injection of an anaesthetic
3. to make immobile; transfix
[C19: from French paralyser, from paralysie paralysis]
ˌparalyˈsation, ˌparalyˈzation n
ˈparaˌlyser, ˈparaˌlyzer n
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paralyse
Past participle: paralysed
Gerund: paralysing
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| Verb | 1. | paralyse - make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation" deactivate, inactivate - make inactive; "they deactivated the file" |
| 2. | paralyse - cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her" palsy - affect with palsy immobilise, immobilize - cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" |
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paralyse
verb
1. disable, cripple, lame, debilitate, incapacitate Her sister had been paralysed in a road accident.
2. freeze, stun, numb, petrify, transfix, stupefy, halt, stop dead, immobilize, anaesthetize, benumb He was paralysed with fear.
3. immobilize, freeze, halt, disable, cripple, arrest, incapacitate, bring to a standstill The strike has virtually paralysed the country.
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Translations
ochrnout
lammeparalysere
bénít
lama
ochrnúť
ohromiti
felç etmek
paralyse
paralyze (US) [ˈpærəlaɪz] VT (lit, fig) → paralizarto be paralysed in both legs → estar paralizado de las dos piernas
to be paralysed with fright → estar paralizado de miedo
the factory was paralysed by the strike → la fábrica quedó paralizada por la huelga
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
paralysis
(pəˈrӕləsis) noun a loss of the ability to move. The paralysis affects his legs.
paralyse , (American) paralyze (ˈpӕrəlaiz) verb to make unable to move. paralysed with fear.
paralytic (pӕrəˈlitik) adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.