Associations to the word «Paralyse»

Wiktionary

PARALYSE, verb. (transitive) To afflict with paralysis.
PARALYSE, verb. (transitive) To make unable to move; to immobilize.
PARALYSE, verb. (transitive) To make unable to function properly.

Dictionary definition

PARALYSE, verb. Make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation".
PARALYSE, verb. Cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne