(BrE) (AmE paralyze) verb [VN] [oftenpassive]
1 to make sb unable to feel or move all or part of their body:
The accident left him paralysed from the waist down. * (figurative) paralysing pain / heat * (figurative) She stood there, paralysed with fear.
2 to prevent sth from functioning normally:
The airport is still paralysed by the strike.
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