Cripple and Deplete

Cripple

Cripple verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

Deplete and cripple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deplete" instead a verb "Cripple".

Nearby Words: crippled, crippling

Deplete

Deplete verb - To make complete use of.
Usage example: miners depleted the vein of copper ore after only a few months

Cripple and deplete are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cripple" instead a verb "Deplete".

Common collocations

power cripple power deplete power
force cripple force deplete force
army cripple army deplete army
hand cripple hand deplete hand
Other words: damage, fleet, armor, enemies.
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