Cripple and Devastate

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Cripple verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the collision so severely crippled the ship that it had to be towed into port

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

Nearby Words: crippled, crippling

Devastate verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: the explosion devastated an entire city block

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Cripple and devastate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cripple" instead a verb "Devastate".

party	cripple party	devastate party
base	cripple base	devastate base
army	cripple army	devastate army
world	cripple world	devastate world
Other words: economy, country, ship, fleet, city, enemy, armor, infrastructure, forces, units, opponents, enemies, foes, ships, heroes, targets, fleets, battleships.

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