crippling injury
Permanently impairing harm
A crippling injury is one that severely impairs physical function, especially mobility.
The term suggests lasting or permanent damage: He never fully recovered from the crippling injury to his spine.
Crippling emphasizes the disabling nature—an injury that doesn't just hurt but fundamentally limits what the body can do.
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- paralysisLoss of muscle function
- spinal cordBrain's extension through vertebrae
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
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