as in paralyzed
affected with paralysis
at first, he would not accept that he was now paralytic and needed help
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Recent Examples of paralytic
An additional 200,000 paralytic polio cases per year if programs are permanently ceased.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The polio vaccines prevented 29 million cases of paralytic polio between 1960 and 2021, compared with a counterfactual world with no vaccines, according to researchers’ estimates.
—Soph Warnes, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
In 2022 public health officials were unable to trace the source of infection of a man who developed paralytic polio in a highly unvaccinated community in Rockland County in New York State.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
In addition to performance anxiety, my rigid musical education had left me with an almost paralytic inability to improvise or play by ear.
—Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
The polio vaccines prevented 29 million cases of paralytic polio between 1960 and 2021, compared with a counterfactual world with no vaccines, according to researchers’ estimates.
—Soph Warnes, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
In 2022 public health officials were unable to trace the source of infection of a man who developed paralytic polio in a highly unvaccinated community in Rockland County in New York State.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paralytic
Adjective
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That kind of volatility, which has rattled financial markets and paralyzed businesses, simply wasn’t present under any other administration in history.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
30 Apr. 2025
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Bustillo’s spinal cord was severed, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Gloria allegedly provided care to disabled patients including a five-year-old and a 27-year-old during his time at the second agency, according to court records.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
2 May 2025
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She is being charged with intentional bodily injury to a child, elderly person, or disabled individual, an offense that can result in a felony conviction.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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“Paralytic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paralytic. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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