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Adjective: paralysed  'per-u,lIzd [N. Amer], 'pa-ru,lIzd [Brit]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paralyzed)
  1. Affected with paralysis
    "My arm is paralysed!";
    - paralytic, paralyzed [N. Amer]
Verb: paralyse  'per-u,lIz [N. Amer], 'pa-ru,lIz [Brit]
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: paralyze)
  1. Make powerless and unable to function
    "The bureaucracy paralyses the entire operation";
    - paralyze [N. Amer]
     
  2. Cause to be paralysed and immobile
    "The poison paralysed him"; "Fear paralysed her";
    - paralyze [N. Amer]

See also: ill, sick

Type of: deactivate, immobilise [Brit], immobilize, inactivate

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