paralyse

verb

1 both of his legs were temporarily paralysed:

disable, immobilize, render/make powerless, incapacitate, debilitate, numb, deaden, benumb, dull;

rare obtund, torpefy.

2 Maisie seemed to have been paralysed by the sight of him:

immobilize, transfix, become rooted to the spot, freeze, stun, render motionless, become horror-struck/horror-stricken, petrify;

rare gorgonize.

3 the regional capital was paralysed by a general strike:

bring to a standstill, immobilize, bring to a (grinding) halt, halt, stop, freeze, cripple, disable, put out of action/commission, render inoperative, deactivate;

rare disenable.

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