Cripple and Enable

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Cripple verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

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Enable is an antonym for cripple in topics: progress, disable.

Nearby Words: crippled, crippling

Enable verb - To make able or possible.

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Cripple is an antonym for enable.

Nearby Words: enabled, enabling

person	cripple person	enable person
ability	cripple ability	enable ability
character	cripple character	enable character
power	cripple power	enable power
Other words: movement, hero, people, someone, characters, user, player, humans, ships.

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