"paralyze" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈparəlʌɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-paralyze.wav Forms: paralyzes [present, singular, third-person], paralyzing [participle, present], paralyzed [participle, past], paralyzed [past]
Etymology: From French paralyser. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|paralyser}} French paralyser Head templates: {{en-verb}} paralyze (third-person singular simple present paralyzes, present participle paralyzing, simple past and past participle paralyzed)
  1. (transitive) To afflict with paralysis. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Diseases Translations (to afflict with paralysis): أَشَلَّ (ʔašalla) (Arabic), iflic etmək (Azerbaijani), паралізава́ць (paralizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), парализи́рам (paralizíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), paralitzar (Catalan), 麻痺 (Chinese Mandarin), 麻痹 (mábì) (english: be paralysed) (Chinese Mandarin), ochromit [perfective] (Czech), paralyzovat [imperfective] (Czech), verlammen (Dutch), paralizi (Esperanto), halvaannuttaa (Finnish), paralyser (French), paralizar (Galician), entanguiñar (Galician), paralysieren (German), lähmen (German), שִׁיתֵּק (shiték) (Hebrew), megbénít (Hungarian), paralizzare (Italian), 麻痺する (mahi suru) (english: be paralysed) (alt: まひする) (Japanese), mae (note: with fear or shock) (Maori), pararūtiki (Maori), pararaiha (Maori), саа дайрах (saa dajrax) (english: be paralysed) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠰᠠ ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠬᠤ (sa daɣariqu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), paralisar (Occitan), paraliżować [imperfective] (Polish), sparaliżować [perfective] (Polish), paralisar (Portuguese), paraliza (Romanian), парализова́ть (paralizovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), paralizar (Spanish), förlama (Swedish), паралізува́ти (paralizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (transitive) To render unable to move; to immobilize. Tags: transitive
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  3. (transitive) To render unable to function properly. Tags: transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: paralyse [British]

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to afflict with paralysis",
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          "sense": "to afflict with paralysis",
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          "sense": "to afflict with paralysis",
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          "roman": "paralizovátʹ",
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          "word": "парализова́ть"
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          "roman": "paralizuváty",
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