paralyse :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

v. cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

enervate, weaken mentally, weaken morally

v. weaken mentally or morally

drain, enfeeble, debilitate, make feeble

v. make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

devitalize, devitalise

v. sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"

exhaust

v. empty by drawing out the contents

disable, incapacitate, disenable

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

freeze, change to ice

v. change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze"

finish, end, stop, halt, cease, run out, terminate, come to an end, close over

v. bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

blunt, dull, numb, benumb

v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

petrify

v. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

daze, stun, bedaze

v. overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

jolt, jar

v. move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

freeze, cause to freeze

v. cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"

break, stop, break off, discontinue

v. prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"

rest, breathe, take a breather, catch one's breath

v. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

deaden

v. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

deaden, blunt

v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

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