Collocations for cripple - verb
1. injure
ADVERB
for life,
permanently
As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life.
As a child she contracted polio and was crippled for life.
emotionally
PHRASES
be crippled with
He's eighty and crippled with arthritis.
He's eighty and crippled with arthritis.
leave sb crippled
The disease left him crippled.
The disease left him crippled.
2. damage
ADVERB
severely
A strike would severely cripple the airline.
A strike would severely cripple the airline.
financially
The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
The industry has been financially crippled by these policies.
Cripple is used with these nouns as the object:
economy, industry
economy, industry